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England fan exploring 'hidden Qatar' finds eerie abandoned apartment blocks where workers who built the stadium allegedly lived

2022-11-28 1 Dailymotion

An England football fan exploring "hidden Qatar" found "eerie abandoned apartment blocks" where workers who built the stadium allegedly lived.<br /><br />Rob Dawley, 21, was visiting the country to support England in the World Cup, and decided on a whim to head to less explored areas.<br /><br />On his day out, he stumbled upon "a migrant camp", which he denied access to, and was then taken by his taxi driver to the city centre of Mesaieed - a city in Qatar.<br /><br />At first, Rob was met with no entry signs around the entire city centre, which was made up of several abandoned apartment blocks.<br /><br />By chance, the lucky England fan stumbled upon some friendly security guards, who gave him a private tour of the apartments, as "they were being demolished in a few months anyway".<br /><br />Rob, a former butcher, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, said: "I came to watch the footy with my friend, but on Thursday, in between football days, I decided I wanted to explore.<br /><br />"I messaged my mate who's dad used to live in Qatar and asked him to recommend somewhere he wouldn't go - he gave me a list and Messaieed was on there.<br /><br />"I got on the local metro in Qatar and met someone called Hassan at the bus stop, he told me he was a migrant doctor and living in a camp nearby so I followed him.

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