Amid the construction of Saudi Arabia ’s $1 trillion giga-project known as The Line , reports of 21,000 foreign worker deaths since 2017 were unveiled. Officials have since dismissed the unsettling findings, calling them “ misinformation .” The allegations, highlighted in an October 2024 ITV documentary, claimed that workers on Saudi Vision 2030 projects, including the massive NEOM development, have endured poor and dangerous conditions. According to ITV ’s new documentary , Kingdom Uncovered: