Rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families 2013, para. 49
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Paragraph text
Article 22 of the Convention prohibits collective expulsion and provides procedural safeguards in individual expulsion proceedings with respect to both regular and irregular migrant workers and members of their families. While article 22 regulates only the procedure and not the substantive grounds of expulsion, its purpose is to prevent arbitrary expulsions and to provide substantive protection against expulsions in certain situations. Article 22 applies to all procedures aimed at the obligatory departure of migrant workers whether described in national law as expulsion or otherwise.
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. 49.