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Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and Ratification of Convention
OHCHR
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the Committee’s work, among other topics.
Committee Chairperson Can Ünver said the rights of migrant workers were frequently violated. These abuses against migrants increased even more when they were in an irregular situation. COVID-19 was currently wreaking havoc all over the world, affecting all and imposing new and difficult challenges for Governments. Migrant workers and their families were in an even more vulnerable situation: they f
Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and the Ratification of the Convention in a Meeting with States and Other Stakeholders
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14 April 2021
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the Committee’s work, among other topics.