Human Rights of Migrants

Introduction to the topic:
Today, some 200 million people live outside their countries of birth or nationality. That would
be the fifth most populous country in the world if all of the people were together in the territory of one State. Because they are outside the legal protection of their countries of nationality, international migrants can be particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. Migrants are too often seen as exploitable and expendable, a source of cheap, docile and flexible labour, constrained to “3-D” work or working conditions: dirty, dangerous and degrading, that nationals are unavailable for and/or unwilling to accept.
As a result, basic human rights of migrants are too easily violated or ignored.


Interesting web-sites related to this topic:


http://www.migrantsrights.org/


http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/social-transformations/international-migration/priorities/


http://www.migrantwatch.org/