- Date
2010-12-18
- Authors
Migrante Canada
- Abstract
The whole world today celebrates International Migrants Day. On December 18, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly signed and adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Canada, an active recruiter of migrant workers, has never signed this covenant. As of 2009, there were over 280,000 foreign workers in Canada. Still, the current conservative government aims to recruit more migrant workers who will have no chance of getting permanent residence status and will have minimal to no protection at all. Next to India, the Philippines is the third largest source country of migrants coming to Canada. From 2007 to 2009 alone, almost 50,000 foreign workers from the Philippines entered Canada via the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.- Series title
Migrante Canada
- Responsible institution
Migrante Canada
- File Attachments
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IMD-2010_final_.pdf57.5 KB
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- Economic sectors
Other
- Target groups
Journalists, Public awareness, Researchers, and Unions
- Regulation domains
Labour standards, Access to permanent status, Recrutement / placement agencies, Migration expenses reimbursement mechanisms, and Impartial hearing before deportation
- Geographical focuses
Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, Philippines, and Nova Scotia
- Languages
English