It is estimated that approximately 214 million people (3% of the world’s population), including 15 million refugees, are currently living outside their countries of birth or citizenship. Migratory flows are increasing and affect all regions of the world. This trend is clearly set to continue, in particular due to differences in development, demography, and democracy between rich and poor countries.
The strengthening of controls on human mobility is a characteristic element of the current context. National policies on labour migration and bilateral agreements between states tend to focus on economic interests, reducing migrant workers to “commodities” and neglecting their human rights. International bodies have so far failed to provide adequate responses to the need to increase protection of the rights of migrants.
Against this background, at the FIDH Congress in 2007 the promotion and protection of migrants’ rights was voted a priority for the federation. FIDH’s structure, with presence in countries of departure, transit and arrival, enables it to document and monitor violations of migrant’s rights along the migratory journey. FIDH advocates for law and policy reforms to ensure the protection of the human rights of migrants.
The strengthening of controls on human mobility is a characteristic element of the current context. National policies on labour migration and bilateral agreements between states tend to focus on economic interests, reducing migrant workers to “commodities” and neglecting their human rights. International bodies have so far failed to provide adequate responses to the need to increase protection of the rights of migrants.
Against this background, at the FIDH Congress in 2007 the promotion and protection of migrants’ rights was voted a priority for the federation. FIDH’s structure, with presence in countries of departure, transit and arrival, enables it to document and monitor violations of migrant’s rights along the migratory journey. FIDH advocates for law and policy reforms to ensure the protection of the human rights of migrants.
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