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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 51
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- A target on providing social protection to reduce the vulnerabilities of the poor, including marginalized groups, including migrants, is essential. Indicators could include the proportion of migrants with access to, and cross-border portability of, earned social benefits (e.g. pensions). Under article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, States recognize the right of everyone to social security. In its general comment No. 19, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights defined the right to social security as encompassing "the right to access and maintain benefits, whether in cash or in kind, without discrimination in order to secure protection, inter alia, from (a) lack of work-related income caused by sickness, disability, maternity, employment injury, unemployment, old age, or death of a family member; (b) unaffordable access to health care; (c) insufficient family support, particularly for children and adult dependents". It went on to say that "the right to social security includes the right not to be subject to arbitrary and unreasonable restrictions of existing social security coverage, whether obtained publicly or privately, as well as the right to equal enjoyment of adequate protection from social risks and contingencies".
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 28
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- Many factors influence the decisions of migrants as to why, when, to where and how they want to migrate. The main push factors are poverty, violence, discrimination and poor governance. The main pull factors are official or unacknowledged labour needs and family reunification. Public discussion about these factors is, on the whole, extremely shallow, often constituting nothing more than scaremongering about “benefit scroungers” and migrants “stealing jobs”.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 22
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- Against the backdrop of a poor economic climate, the rise in nationalist populist parties and the tragic terrorist attacks around the world, xenophobia and hate speech have increased, causing a significant upward trend in negative perceptions of migrants and creating a stumbling block in the development of more efficient evidence- and human rights-based policies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 34
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- Widespread unethical recruitment practices have a significant impact on the systemic development benefits of labour migration. As recognized within the post-2015 sustainable development framework, the developmental impact of labour migration is huge. In 2013, migrants sent approximately $404 billion in remittances back home. Research shows that labour migration of low-wage workers can bring the biggest gains in poverty.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 9
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- Contemporary international labour migration is driven by many factors. Globalization and neoliberal economic policies that promote deregulation of labour markets, has played a large role. Poverty, discrimination, violence, conflict, political upheaval and poor governance are also key push factors that influence migrants' decisions to seek work abroad.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 50
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- This goal should include specific targets on eradicating extreme poverty by bringing to zero the number of persons, including marginalized groups, including migrants, living on less than $1.25 per day and by addressing inequalities at both the national and international levels. Indicators will include reducing the proportion of migrants classified as living in poverty.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 49
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- Migrants make a substantial contribution to reducing poverty. As stated above, migrants from countries with a low human development index who move to a country with a higher index experience, on average, a 15-fold increase in income. To eradicate poverty fully, all marginalized groups, including migrants, must be included in national poverty reduction strategies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The impact of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements on the human rights of migrants 2016, para. 61
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- For children whose parents are migrant workers, being excluded from education and health systems in the destination country can have lasting consequences on physical and mental health and development. In its 2004 publication "Free trade and children", the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) sheds light on the situation of migrant children, in the context of CAFTA-DR, who are disproportionately at risk of poverty, family disintegration and malnutrition because of declines in the agricultural sector and rural employment.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 16
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- Many are still migrating to find decent work and a better or safer life. Some migrants voluntarily move, live and work in conditions in which their labour and human rights are respected or their family might be reunified. Others, however, are forced to migrate as a result of poverty, discrimination, violence, conflict, political upheaval or poor governance. In the context of natural disasters, migration is increasingly seen as an adaptation measure that develops resilience through planned mobility. During migration, many face exploitation, abuse and other human rights violations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 35
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- Unscrupulous recruiters take significant resources away from migrants, through the charging of recruitment fees and broader economic exploitation, thus effectively disempowering the poorest within the global economic system. It is not uncommon for these fees to fund corrupt business practices among unethical recruitment agencies. Reports have suggested that unethical recruiters have used money gained from recruitment fees on illegal activities such as prostitution, drugs and the funding of the electoral campaigns of specific political parties. Therefore, the resources that are being diverted away from migrants and global poverty eradication, is being channelled into illicit activities.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. 21
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- Responsible recruitment agencies charge fees for their services not to the workers but to the employer, in a business-to-business transaction. Migrants often seek work abroad because of their desire to overcome poverty and a lack of decent work opportunities in countries of origin. The decision to migrate can often be driven by extremely difficult economic circumstances and/or a shock, such as loss of land and/or employment, debt reaching unsustainable levels, family breakdown, the loss of a spouse, and/or family illness. Research undertaken by the ILO suggests that women sometimes have a less favourable socio-economic status and discrimination in countries of origin, meaning they therefore enter the migration process in the most precarious positions.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 74
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- With regard to remittances, the World Bank estimates that $436 billion will be sent as remittances in 2014. Private money transfers play a role in increasing household incomes and ultimately improving health and educational outcomes in countries of origin. Consequently, a target on reducing to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances, as suggested by the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, would go a long way to improving the economic status of families. Reducing the cost of sending remittances should not, however, be used in lieu of a national policy for poverty reduction, taking into account that remittances are privately owned sums of money.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 62
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- According to article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the right to education is a universal right. As recognized by Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its general comment No. 13, education is the "primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalized adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities". The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in its general recommendation No. 30, has highlighted the need for States to ensure that all migrant children, irrespective of their status, have access to public educational institutions. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its general comment No. 9, endorsed the concept of inclusive education as "a set of values, principles and practices that seeks meaningful, effective, and quality education for all students, that does justice to the diversity of learning conditions and requirements not only of children with disabilities, but for all students".
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Irregular migration and criminalization of migrants, protection of children in the migration process and the right to housing and health of migrants 2011, para. 42
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- In practice, however, a variety of challenges remained to be tackled in fully realizing this element of the right to adequate housing. In the private housing market, discrimination often inhibited migrants' access to adequate housing. Discrimination in housing also resulted from poverty and economic marginalization. Migrants, who experienced marginalization in the labour market and often had difficulties in securing stable jobs with reasonable pay, were often relegated to a lower socio-economic status and subjected to differential treatment by housing providers. Migrants were subject to indirect discrimination in that certain criteria for accessing rental housing had a disproportionate impact on them. Given their limited access to housing through the private market, it is of concern that migrants often do not enjoy the safety net provided by social housing in many countries, especially where there was a shortage of social housing in general.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Enjoyment of the rights to health and adequate housing by migrants 2010, para. 44
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- Discrimination in housing may also result from poverty and economic marginalization. Migrants, who may experience marginalization in the labour market and often have difficulties in securing stable jobs with reasonable pay, are often relegated to a lower socio-economic status and may be subject to differential treatment by housing providers. The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context has received testimonies from migrant workers who did not have access to quality housing and who were forced to live in informal dwellings, on construction sites or in overcrowded houses, or to rent beds by the hour.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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