migrants

Migrant workers send home money to their families

UN officials call for respect for rights of migrants and their crucial economic role

18 December 2010
With mounting unemployment spurring discrimination and the politics of polarization on the rise, United Nations officials have decried the human rights violations, xenophobia, and exploitation faced by many of the world's 214 million international migrants.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay

UN human rights chief urges States to end discrimination against migrants

11 November 2010
The top United Nations human rights official has urged States to end the criminalization of irregular migrants and to reduce barriers to human mobility by expanding channels for legal migration, deploring the discrimination, abuse and exploitation many migrants are subjected to.
Special Rapporteur Manfred Nowak

UN expert urges EU to help ‘overwhelmed’ Greece deal with irregular migrants

20 October 2010
Greek prisons are congested and the judiciary under stress as hundreds of irregular newcomers flow into the country daily via neighbouring Turkey, a United Nations independent human rights expert said today, urging the European Union to help Greece deal with the problem of migrants.
Migrant workers send home money to their families

All countries must protect rights of tens of millions of irregular migrants – UN group

30 September 2010
All countries must protect the human rights of the tens of millions of migrants worldwide who lack proper legal status and are thus more likely to face abuse, prolonged detention and ill-treatment, enslavement, rape or even murder, a United Nations-backed group warned today.
Ivan Šimonović

UN official denounces mistreatment of migrants and urges respect for their rights

23 July 2010
Migrants continue to endure multiple forms of discrimination, exploitation and other violations of human rights, a senior United Nations official has said, calling for their protection and social inclusion in communities where they live.