Migrants' Human Rights: From the Margins to the Mainstream

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=291

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In my research about the Migrants' Human Rights in the international law I found this interesting article about how the issue of migrants is connected with this of human rights. Something very interesting is that although being a very important issue there is no an explicit convention that refers to the protection of their human rights in international law. Another point is that human rights and migration are two subjects which are interconnected in several levels, despite the lack in international law. Nevertheless, migration is a global issue that even though it isn't protected by one and specific act of international law, it is mentioned in several human rights treaties in directly, such as the UN International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers (No. 143), the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention concerning Migration for Employment (No. 97), the UN Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. 

Clandestine

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Endlish subtitles
Alone I go with my sorrow, Alone goes my sentence, To run is my destiny, To escape the law, Lost in the heart of the great Babylon, They call me clandestine For not having any papers

To a city of the north I went to work, I left my life Between Ceuta and Gibraltar, I’m a line in the sea, A ghost in the city, My life is forbidden, So says the authority

Alone I go with my sorrow, Alone goes my sentence, To run is my destiny, For having no papers, Lost in the heart Of the great Babylon, They call me clandestine, I’m the lawbreaker, Mano negra clandestine, Peruan clandestine, African clandestine, Marihuana illegal

Alone I go with my sorrow, Alone goes my sentence, To run is my destiny, To escape the law, Lost in the heart of the great Babylon, They call me clandestine For not having any papers 

I chose to post this song, because I think that describes well the feelings of an illegal migrant who feels alone trying to survive from one place to another escaping the law. Illegal migration can take many forms, the most common of which are the following:

1. Undocumented/unauthorized entrants.

These are nationals of one state who enter another state clandestinely. Most such entrants cross land borders, but sea routes are also a regular way and wherever the conditions permit it so are air routes.

2. Individuals who are inspected upon entry into another state, but gain admission by using fraudulent documents.

The fraud can be related to the person's identity and/or the documentation that uses to ester the country. Such cases often concern asylum claims as well.

3. Violators of the duration of a visa.

These include nationals of one state who enter another state properly but stay longer than their period of legal stay on purpose illegally.

4. Violators of the terms and conditions of a visa.

These cases concern nationals of one state who enter another state with the proper documents and procedures, but at some point violate the terms of their visa. The most frequent such violation is the acceptance of employment.

France: Senate Should Revise Immigration Bill

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/07/france-senate-should-revise-immigration-bill

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The bill that the National Assembly approved in October 2010 contains measures that target Roma and that have been considered incompatible with both the EU law and the international human rights norms. Therefore it has been asked to the French government to change it. Some of the important articles that we should focus our attention are that it expands the cases that the government could hold people in the transit zones reducing their rights and making them vulnerable to quick deportation. This fact effectively violates the right of these people to asylum as they can be deported in a country where their life is in danger without firstly the National Court of Asylum reaches to a decision. The change that has been asked to the French Senate includes also the above mentioned safeguard. The bill would also allow the government to detain foreign terrorism suspects for up to 19 months, even though they have claimed that they would be at risk of torture or ill-treatment if returned to their country of origin. This measure is considered a clear violation of the right of liberty though, according to Human Rights Watch. The French government in its effort to take measures in order to control migration in the country proceeded in violations of basic human rights concerning migration that are both against the European Convention of Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights and therefore it should proceed to the change of the bill as the European and International law is above the national in such cases.