Migrant guards in Qatar ‘still paid under £1 an hour’ ahead of World Cup

Promises of better working conditions ring hollow for tens of thousands of security guards, who say they still work long hours for low pay

Every day at 5pm, Samuel boards the company bus that takes him to his night shift as a guard at a luxury high-rise tower near Qatar's capital, Doha. When his shift ends 12 hours later, he says he will have earned 9, just 75p an hour.

Samuel, who is from Uganda, says he almost never has a day off. You have to tell lies, like you are sick, you're not feeling good', so that you get a day off," he says.