The right to life and the right to adequate housing: the indivisibility and interdependence between these rights 2016, para. 18
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Migrants constitute the majority of construction workers for mega-sporting event projects, tending to live in labour camps with deplorable conditions, at the mercy of private contractors and developers. Amnesty International has documented the conditions in labour camps in Qatar, finding unsanitary, overcrowded accommodations subject to flooding because of poor drainage, and a lack of safety measures such as fire alarm systems or fire extinguishers. Workers have no opportunity to have their conditions redressed. Migrant domestic workers have reported being forced to sleep in hallways, unprotected living spaces or closets of the homes in which they work. In some developed countries public shelters have refused to accommodate migrants or will only do so for limited periods of time. In these cases, migrants settle in slums, shacks and derelict or unfinished buildings.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/310, para. 18.