Détails du document

Impression et sauvegarde

Rapport/communiqué de presse

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

Date

2010-12-18

Auteurs

Migrante Canada

Résumé

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.

Titre de la série

Migrante Canada

Institution responsable

Migrante Canada

Fichiers joints

Secteurs économiques

Autre

Groupes cibles

Journalistes, Sensibilisation du public, Chercheurs et Syndicats

Domaines de réglementation

Normes du travail, Accès à un statut permanent, Agences de recrutement et de placement, Mécanismes de remboursement des dépenses de migration et Procès impartial avant déportation

Pertinence géographique

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombie-Britannique, Autres provinces, Fédéral, Philippines et Nouvelle-Écosse

Langues

Anglais