Migrants
Migrants – people living and working outside their country of origin – are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses. Migrant workers in factories and on farms can endure terrible working conditions, while migrant domestic workers can face a myriad of abuses inside employers’ homes. The trafficking of forced labor is a global problem. Human Rights Watch investigates rights violations arising when countries try to contain or divert the migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers at or within their borders, by placing adults and children in overcrowded and filthy detention centers, sometimes indefinitely. Large numbers of migrants fleeing criminality, poverty and environmental disaster will be without the protections of refugee status. Ultimately, all migrants should be treated with dignity.
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Qatar: Significant Labor and Kafala Reforms
Enforcement Needed, Other Provisions in Effect Still Carry Risk of Abuse
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Greece/EU: Bring Moria Homeless to Safety
Collective European Action Needed for Migrants Stranded on Lesbos
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Maldives: Covid-19 Exposes Abuse of Migrants
Overhaul System to Protect Foreign Workers at All Times
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Lebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights
UN Review Should Focus on Increased Protection Against Violence, Bias
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Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
General Comment No. 5 (2020) on Migrants’ Rights to Liberty and Freedom from Arbitrary Detention
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What Will it Take for Saudi Arabia to Abolish Abusive Sponsorship System?
Migrant Workers Face Abuse and Exploitation
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Human Rights Watch: 2021 Domestic Transition Priorities for the Next US Administration
10 Key Issues that Demand the Administration's Immediate Attention
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Algeria: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Forced Out
Thousands, Including Children, Expelled to Niger Without Due Process
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Qatar: Significant Labor and Kafala Reforms
Enforcement Needed, Other Provisions in Effect Still Carry Risk of Abuse
