France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to build the Summer Olympics safely, free of the construction hazards and migrant worker abuses that tarnished soccer’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
“We are living up to the commitments we made,” Mr. Macron said in February.
Government data shows fewer than 200 injuries at Olympics sites over a four-year construction blitz.
But inspection records and other documents show that Olympics sites have been more dangerous than organizers have let on, with some projects failing to meet basic safety standards.
When undocumented immigrants are hurt on the job, workers and officials say, the injuries are often handled off the books, all but guaranteeing that they will not show up in government statistics.
Persons:
Emmanuel Macron, Mr, Macron
Locations:
Qatar, Paris