ARTICLES, PRESS RELEASES AND NEWSLETTERS

• French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants.
  19/12/2008 - Men, women, children and infants are piled on mats in overcrowded cells. Food is strewn all over the kitchen and the toilets are overflowing. Children dig in rubbish bins. Yellow biohazard bags are pi(...) Amnesty International (International Secretariat) (U.K.)

• Italy migrants' state 'appalling'
  19/12/2008 - The working conditions of many poor African migrants in rural areas of southern Italy are "appalling", the international medical charity MSF says. BBC Bews - World Edition (U.K.)

• Public statement on the occasion of International Migrants Day (35kB)
  18/12/2008 - The 9th International Migrants Day coincides with the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Many UDHR provisions vividly relate to some of the threats –(...) December 18 vzw (Belgium)

• Lebanon 'far behind' in protecting migrant workers.
  18/12/2008 - Lebanon has not done enough in 2008 to address the plight of its population of female migrant workers and falls "far behind" the efforts of other Middle Eastern countries, rights group Human Rights Wa(...) The Daily Star (Lebanon)

• Don't take it on migrant workers, ILO Chief tells rich countries.
  18/12/2008 - As the world celebrates the International Migrants Day on Thursday, the head of the International Labor Organization (ILO) cautioned rich economies against taking hasty action on migrant workers as pa(...) Business Mirror (Philippines)

• Recognize and Protect the Rights of Undocumented Migrants! (32kB)
  18/12/2008 - Undocumented migrant workers are the unrecognized hands that contribute a lot to the economies of the countries they work in and countries where they come from. Yet, they are some of the most exploite(...) Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (China (Hong Kong))

• Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay (29kB)
  18/12/2008 - Today we are mark International Migrants Day, a week after we commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The close proximity of these commemorations reminds us th(...) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Switzerland)

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