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Report/Press release

20 Years of International Migrants Day - Migrant Workers Persist in Struggle

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

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