migrant workers

In expelling foreign citizens for minor violations, the migration authorities are separating families and leaving children without parents, guardians, and breadwinners. Imagine a driver exceeding the speed limit. Or a pedestrian crossing the street in the wrong place. And then,…read more

On April 16, 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) published its concluding remarks and recommendations following consideration of the 2nd periodic report of Tajikistan at…read more

Today, on December 18th, International Migrants Day, we have prepared postcards on the discrepancies between the Global Compact and Russia’s new Strategy for Migration Policy.

On September 20, 2018 the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) published a list of questions for the 3rd periodic report of Azerbaijan. Among the questions addressed to Azerbaijan…read more

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” has prepared an alternative list of questions for the 29th session of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW), which concerns violations of the rights…read more

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from Kyrgyzstan and neighbouring Central Asian states are forced to migrate to Kazakhstan in search of work. These individuals often fall victim to forced labour, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, violations of…read more