In March 2025, The Guardian reported that a Pakistani migrant worker has died while constructing the Aramco Stadium – a new stadium being built for the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Six Construct (part of Besix Group) was one of the main contractors at the stadium.

Besix Group said in a statement that the worker fell after not being connected to an anchor point while working on a tilting platform. It said safety remains the company’s ‘absolute priority’. Aramco said the safety and wellbeing of its employees was its ‘highest priority’. Fifa did not respond to The Guardian’s request for comment.

Following his death, workers were allegedly told to not discuss the incident.

In February 2026, The Guardian reported that the family of the worker are still waiting for compensation one year after the incident. The family say the only money they have received has come from a voluntary donation made by the workers’ “co-workers and stakeholders working on the project, matched funded by Besix”.

Besix told The Guardian that it was in contact with the family, and that end-of-service benefits should be paid shortly once the family submit the required documents.

The Centre invited both Saudi Aramaco and Fifa to respond to the news that compensation and end-of-service benefits still have not been paid. Saudi Aramco did not respond. Fifa has stated a response is forthcoming; it will be published on this page in full once it is received.