Migrant domestic workers 2011, para. 3

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Paragraph text
As defined by the Convention, the term "migrant worker" refers to any person who "is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national". Accordingly, the Convention expressly provides protection to migrant workers and their family members not only when the migrants are actually working, but "during the entire migration process of migrant workers and members of their families, which comprises preparation for migration, departure, transit and the entire period of stay and remunerated activity in the State of employment as well as return to the State of origin or the State of habitual residence".
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on Migrant Workers
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CMW General Comment No. 1, Migrant domestic workers (2011), para. 3.
Paragraph number
3