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‘Like a prison’: teenage security guards stuck in Qatar after World Cup

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Three teenagers who were employed as security guards at the World Cup allege they are trapped in Qatar and unable to return to their homes in the Gambia, six months after the tournament ended.

Papasecka, 19, Ebrima, 18, and Saikou, 16, were left jobless and homeless after their employer fired them without warning days after the World Cup final. They say their ages were altered on official documents in the west African country to show that they were at least 18, the minimum age required to enter Qatar on a work visa.

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