AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement
AI Index: POL 30/059/2006 (Public) / News Service No: 326 / 19 December 2006
Living in the Shadows: the human rights of migrants
On this year’s International Migrants’ Day Amnesty International launches its first comprehensive public document on migrants’ rights.
Every year thousands of people die while trying to reach other countries. Many of those who arrive in a new country face further abuse and exploitation at the hands of traffickers, unscrupulous employers and state officials. Those who lack official status and the protection of the law are often denied basic human rights and are condemned to live and work in appalling and degrading conditions.
This Amnesty International publication, Living in the Shadows: a Primer on the Human Rights of Migrants, presents an overview of the rights of migrants. It outlines how government policies and practices should protect the human rights of migrants at all stages in the cycle of migration. It highlights some of the human rights violations that many migrants face and sets out an agenda for campaigning for migrants’ rights. Migrants’ rights are human rights, and governments, communities, employers and individuals should do more to uphold and protect them.
Full statement at http://www.aimalaysia.org
For a soft copy of the primer please contact AI Malaysia Campaign Coordinator, K. Shan at shan[at]aimalaysia.org To become a member of AI please contact :
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