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UN Committee on Migrant Workers issues findings on Chile

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20 Apr 2021

Español GENEVA (20 April 2021) — The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) has issued its findings on Chile, which it examined during its...

Committee on the rights of migrants workers suspends its thirty-second session

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16 Apr 2021

16 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding...

In dialogue with Chile, Committee on Migrant Workers welcomes poositive developments but flags issues related to expulsions

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09 Apr 2021

Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed 9 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this...

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers opens thirty-second session remotely

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06 Apr 2021

6 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon opened its thirty-second session, hearing statements by a representative...

“It starts with the conversations you have with people around you”

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17 Dec 2020

Singaporeans are giving free haircuts to migrant workers, and worlds are intersecting and opening up.

Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return – UN Migrant Workers Committee

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01 Oct 2020

GENEVA (1 October) – The UN Committee on Migrant Workers has today called on governments to take immediate action to address the inhumane conditions of migrant workers who are stranded in detention...

Lives at risk unless conditions for Spain’s seasonal migrant workers are rapidly improved, UN expert warns

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24 Jul 2020

Español GENEVA (24 July 2020) – Local governments must immediately improve deplorable conditions seasonal migrant workers endure in shanty towns around Spain’s strawberry townships before people die...

Supporting the human rights of migrants in quarantine camps

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10 Jul 2020

The UN Human Rights in Bolivia provided support and assistance to Bolivians in an impromptu quarantine camp along the border with Chile. It was one of its joint activities with other United Nation agencies to help protect migrants.

Spain: Passing the buck on exploited migrant workers must end, says UN expert

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26 Jun 2020

Español GENEVA (26 June 2020) – The Government and Spanish companies must immediately improve abysmal conditions for neglected migrant labourers deployed as “essential workers” to pick strawberries...

Croatia: Police brutality in migrant pushback operations must be investigated and sanctioned – UN Special Rapporteurs

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19 Jun 2020

GENEVA (19 June 2020) – Croatia must immediately investigate reports of excessive use of force by law enforcement personnel against migrants, including acts amounting to torture and ill-treatment, and...