Rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families 2013, para. 57
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Article 22, paragraph 8, provides that migrant workers and members of their families shall be exempt from bearing the costs of their expulsion. The expelling State may require that they pay their own travel costs, but migrant workers must not be required to pay the costs of the legal proceedings leading to their expulsion or the costs of their administrative detention (see also art. 17, para. 8). However, the Committee notes that migrant workers who are in an irregular situation not of their own making, for example, redundancy before expiry of a contract or where an employer failed to complete the necessary formalities, should not be responsible for the costs of expulsion, including travel costs.
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
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CMW General Comment No. 2, Rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families (2013), para. 57.