UN Urges US to Rethink Immigration Profiling Affecting FIFA World Cup Participation

The United Nations has urged the United States to reconsider hard stance immigration practices for the global football tournament.

UN human rights chief VOLKER TURK made the appeal after fans, a top referee, and team officials were barred from the tournament.

These include Iran, who were forced to switch their training base to Mexico due to the Middle East conflict, despite their three group games on American soil.

The Iranian football federation also said its allocation of tickets for fans had been revoked, while some of the team’s support staff have been denied visas.

TURK said he hoped that the issue of racial profiling is not going to affect the World Cup in the way that they have already.

He urged the US to rethink of how immigration enforcement is impacting human rights and human dignity, especially for the World Cup.

The tournaments will feature a record forty-eight teams and millions of fans, making it the largest and most logistically complex ever staged.