Legislation

Migration Management in Mexico and Central America: New MPI Report Examines Policy and Trends

Date: 23/10/2012 - 10:35

In New Approaches to Migration Management in Mexico and Central America, senior researchers Francisco Alba and Manuel Ángel Castillo of El Colegio de México trace the history of migration trends and policy in Mexico and Central America, and examine Mexico’s new immigration law and implementation challenges.

Canada’s Laws Fuel Migrant Worker Exploitation

Date: 18/09/2012 - 10:07

Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers’ Insecurity shows that low-wage migrant workers are brought into Canada on terms that leave them open to exploitation and that present barriers to enforcing basic rights to decent work.

Canada: Government's EI changes hit immigrants hardest

Date: 04/09/2012 - 08:59

For more than 130 years, workers have celebrated Labour Day in Canada to recognize the hard fought struggles that women and men have undertaken for better working and living conditions.

As we celebrate our past accomplishments, the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) reminds us all that the struggle for dignity and respect in the workplace is an ongoing process. Recent changes to our Employment Insurance will have a tremendous impact on all workers: and we all need to resist these changes.

USA: Congress Should Enact Immigration Reform that Protects Rights

Date: 26/06/2012 - 08:21

The US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold part of Arizona’s immigrant law puts immigrant families in Arizona and other states at greater risk of abuse from local authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. 

Israel: Amend ‘Anti-Infiltration’ Law

Date: 11/06/2012 - 09:27

The Israeli parliament should immediately repeal or amend a newly revised law that punishes asylum seekers for irregularly crossing into Israel, in violation of their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Until the law is amended, Israeli officials should not enforce provisions that violate international refugee standards, Human Rights Watch said.

Québec doit modifier sa loi et ses programmes en matière d’immigration pour mettre fin à la discrimination systémique des travailleuses et travailleurs migrants

Date: 21/02/2012 - 08:37

Dans un avis rendu public aujourd’hui, la Commission conclut que les aides familiales résidantes, les travailleurs agricoles saisonniers et les autres travailleurs étrangers temporaires peu spécialisés sont victimes de discrimination systémique en raison de leur origine ethnique ou nationale, de leur race, de leur condition sociale, de leur langue et, dans le cas des aides familiales résidantes, de leur sexe. 

Québec must revise its immigration law and programs to put an end to the systemic discrimination of migrant workers, says the Commission

Date: 21/02/2012 - 08:35

In an opinion released today, the Commission concludes that live-in caregivers, seasonal agricultural workers and other foreign temporary low-skilled workers are victims of systemic discrimination on the basis of their ethnic or national origin, race, social condition, language and in the case of live-in caregivers, their sex.

No Way to Live: Alabama's Immigrant Law

Date: 17/12/2011 - 09:40

This 52-page report documents the effect of the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer Citizen and Protection Act, commonly known as HB 56, on unauthorized immigrants and their families, as well as the larger Alabama communities in which they live. It is based in part on first-hand accounts by 57 Alabama residents, including citizens and permanent residents, who reported abuse or discrimination under the law.

Read the report

Cambodia: Overhaul Protections for Migrant Domestic Workers

Date: 18/10/2011 - 08:27

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia should be accompanied by a major overhaul in protections for these workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 14, 2011, Hun Sen promised an opposition lawmaker, Mu Sochua, to halt migration in the wake of repeated complaints of abuse during recruitment in Cambodia and employment in Malaysia.

Israel’s Cornered ‘Slaves’ Speak Out

Date: 25/05/2011 - 18:01

A new Israeli law that would bind migrant workers in nursing or care-giving professions to their employers is raising alarm amidst human rights groups and legal experts, who say that the law infringes upon the workers’ right to dignity and freedom.

Décembre 18: Centre international de plaidoyer et de ressources sur les droits humains des travailleurs migrants.

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