WorldRemit Identifies Top 20 Migrant Moments of 2020
Company Celebrates Migrants in Honor of International Migrants Day
Today, WorldRemit, a leading cross-border payments company, celebrates International Migrants Day by announcing its list of the top 20 Migrant Moments of 2020. This list features developments which have had significant impacts on communities across the world. From the first COVID-19 vaccine to the US presidential election to SpaceX each of these milestones have been influenced by migrants from around the world. 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of International Migrants Day and the 30th anniversary since the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
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Vietnamese migrant workers in the Republic of Korea (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
International Labour Organisation (ILO) welcomes the chance to improve the
protection of
Vietnamese migrant workers brought by the newly-revised Law on
Contract-Based Vietnamese Overseas Workers, on the occasion of the
International Migrants Day (December 18).
The law, passed by the National Assembly on
November 13, which will come into effect on January 1, 2022, builds upon
previous laws to strengthen protection for migrant workers.
The ILO noted that the new law has removed
brokerage commissions payable by migrant workers to recruitment agencies, and
prohibited charging service charges to migrant workers who use public,
Italy: Flawed Migrant Regularization Program
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Opportunity to Learn Lessons for Future
(Milan) An Italian program to provide undocumented migrants with a pathway to residency adopted amid the Covid-19 pandemic did not live up to its promise, Human Rights Watch said today.
It is too early to know how many people will ultimately benefit from it. But flaws in the program s design and implementation resulted in a missed opportunity to address myriad vulnerabilities of undocumented migrants, including widespread exploitation in Italy s agricultural sector. Italy was rightly praised for providing undocumented migrants a pathway to residency amid the pandemic, said Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia division director at Human Rights Watch. But the tragic truth is that the effort was designed and rolled out in a way that excluded hundreds of thousands of people and didn t even reach most of the farmworkers it was supposed to benefit.