Amnesty International issued a report on Tuesday detailing the human rights abuses that migrant workers face in Saudi Arabia while working on the Riyadh Metro Project, in violation of Saudi and international law.

The report interviewed 38 individuals from foreign countries, including India and Nepal, who reported the abuse they face. Before leaving their country, the workers were forced to pay excessive recruitment fees to secure jobs on the metro project. These fees ranged on average from USD 700 to 2,700, forcing some to go into debt to get their jobs. Saudi law prohibits these recruitment fees, while many of the origin countries place caps on the fees that fall below those paid here. The workers also spoke of dangerous heat conditions where fellow workers would collapse on site d

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