On Dcember 18, 1990, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrants Workers and Members of Their Femilies and proclaimed December 18 of every year the International Migrants Day to make the world known about rights and existance of migrants, whose number increases yearly.
On Dcember 18, 1990, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrants Workers and Members of Their Femilies and proclaimed December 18 of every year the International Migrants Day to make the world known about rights and existance of migrants, whose number increases yearly.
On 2013, the number of migrants amounted to 232 millions, or 3.2 percent of the global population. These people have migrated from their homtown to other countires for many reasons, which include work, search for better refuge, fleeing violence or natural disaster and accompanying families. Many of them do not receive basic human rights protection in their new home and this inlcude welfare, shelther, employment condition, social protection and legal protection. In their new home, they also face discrimination, are taken advantage of, are oppresed and forced, which could lead to their death.
William Lacy Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in his speech on 203 International Migrants Day, urging the world to realise insecuirty and fatal risk that migrants face each day. He said migrants are desperate and lack of hope and dream to have a better life and income to support their family. The desperation makes the risk of going into debt, being lured by illegal broker and becoming human trafficking victim a gamble they believe worth taking. Many of them end their life in the ocean or forest, have an accident, get raped or murdered while migrating. In 2013, at least of 2,360 migrants lost their lives. It is believed that many more deaths and missing were not rocorded.
Social and economic disparities, climate and natural diasters have contributed to the increasing number of migrant, which has reahed its peak in the human history. All communities should work togather to provide protection to migrants, reduce discrimination at policy and legal and social discrimination against migrants to prevent them from being taken advantage of. The IOM estimates that human trafficking business is the fastest-growing business in organised crime and it is valued 3.5 billion US dollar a year.
The IOM director-general acknowledged that migrant control policy is difficult and complexed. It requires mixure of mechanisms such as short-term visa, seasonal visa, social welfare system. Each country has different system and the IOM is ready to work with them in the policy level ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016.
Labour Section in Geneva
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