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	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, G.A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant workers and members of their families who are arrested shall be informed at the time of arrest as far as possible in a language they understand of the reasons for their arrest and they shall be promptly informed in a language they understand of any charges against them.
		Migrant workers and members of their families who are subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment in accordance with the law in force in the State of employment or in the State of transit shall enjoy the same rights as nationals of those States who are in the same situation.
		Migrant workers and members of their families shall have the right to have recourse to the protection and assistance of the consular or diplomatic authorities of their State of origin or of a State representing the interests of that State whenever the rights recognized in the present Convention are impaired.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/instree/n8icprmw.htm (11312 words)

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		The migrants represented in Voices from the Dust Bowl came primarily from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.
		Migrants who found employment soon learned that this surfeit of workers caused a significant reduction in the going wage rate.
		The FSA camps also furnished the migrants with a safe space in which to retire from the discrimination that plagued them and in which to practice their culture and rekindle a sense of community.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html (1671 words)

	AllRefer.com - migrant labor (Labor) - Encyclopedia
		Although migrant labor patterns exist in other parts of the world (e.g., Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America), none compares with the extent and magnitude of the system in the United States.
		Migrant laborers may travel on their own or they may be transported by a contractor who has agreed to supply the farmer with the needed workers.
		However, in the mid-1960s, under the leadership of Cesar Chavez, organization of migrant workers began in the West, mainly in California.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/migrantl.html (574 words)

	Human Rights Watch - Saudi Arabia - Migrant Workers
		It is based on information gathered from migrant workers and their families in mud brick houses off dirt roads in tropical agricultural areas of southwest India, in apartments in densely packed neighborhoods of metropolitan Manila, and in simple dwellings in rural villages of Bangladesh.
		Migrants’ accounts of their trials before shari’a courts provide evidence of a legal system that is out of sync with internationally accepted norms of due process.
		Interviews with women migrants in the women’s prison in Riyadh indicated that most of them had not been informed of their rights, had no understanding of the legal basis for their arrest or the status of their cases, and had no access to lawyers or other forms of legal assistance.
	www.hrw.org /mideast/saudi/labor (2486 words)

	Fact Sheet No.24, The Rights of Migrant Workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ideally, migrant workers-whether under contract or other formal arrangements, or simply setting off on their own initiative-should be given a basic understanding of the language, culture and legal, social and political structures of the States to which they are going.
		Migrant workers are known to have been excluded from the scope of regulations covering working conditions, and to have been denied the right to take part in trade-union activities.
		Migrant workers face the gravest risks to their human rights and fundamental freedoms when they are recruited, transported and employed in defiance of the law.
	www.unhchr.ch /html/menu6/2/fs24.htm (4551 words)

	Swaziland National Trust Commission - Swaziland Bird Checklist
		Common resident in the highveld, middleveld and Lubombos and winter migrant in the lowveld.
		Common breeding resident in the highveld and middleveld and winter migrant in the Lubombos.
		Common breeding resident in the highveld, middleveld and Lubombos and winter migrant in the lowveld.
	www.sntc.org.sz /checklst/sdbirds.html (1741 words)

	PDHRE: Migrant Workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		which enables migrant workers and their families to share in advantages enjoyed by its nationals while taking account, without adversely affecting the principle of equality of opportunity and treatment, of such special needs as they may have until they are adapted to the society of the country of employment;...
		Formulate or strengthen measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of migrants, migrant workers and their families, to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in sectors of many societies, and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies.
		Governments should ensure that documented migrants receive fair and equal treatment, including full respect of their human rights, protection of the laws of the host society, appropriate access to economic opportunities and social services; protection against racism...; and protection from violence and exploitation....
	www.pdhre.org /rights/migrants.html (3020 words)

	migrant labor on Encyclopedia.com
		The Kentucky migrant vocational rehabilitation program: a demonstration project for working with Hispanic farm workers.
		HIV infection, syphilis, and tuberculosis screening among migrant farm workers - Florida, 1992.
		Migrant laborers shortage triggers rising labor costs: survey.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/migrantl.asp (806 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Migrant education
		About 75 percent of the students are in the Jordan School District's migrant education program, a federal plan that recruits and provides for migrant children during the summer in an effort to fill in the learning gaps due to a mobile lifestyle.
		Goals of the federal program are aimed at ensuring children of migrant workers, or migrant workers themselves, are provided with education and support services that address their needs.
		For their children to qualify as migrant students, families must have moved to Utah in pursuit of seasonal or agricultural employment such as meat packing, turkey plants, pig farms and work in the fields.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595078377,00.html (887 words)

	ZNet \|Korea \| Migrant Workers and the Politics of Resentment
		For undocumented migrant workers, the result has been an increase in the number of what are termed stranded workers, hiding out and working on an intermittent basis without enough money to travel home.
		Migrant workers became a fixture at the weekly protests, including those of the organized trade unions, as well as informal organizations of casual and contingent workers, and protest by urban dwellers displaced by Seoulâs latest urban redevelopment schemes.
		In practice, it embodied dreams of rights and equality as migrant workers shared the close quarters of the cathedral steps with their supporters and activists from other labor unions who have been forced to seek out the sanctuary of these church steps because of their opposition activities.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=69&ItemID=6767 (1814 words)

	migrant labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		So the migrant workers unions were the last unions to get off the ground in the sense that the migrant workers, especially in the domestic arena, were extremely conservative.
		Migrant workers often undercut the salaries of urban workers because they were prepared to work for less.
		Migrant workers were bringing their traditional music into the cities.
	www.johnnyclegg.com /miglab.htm (3750 words)

	Migrant Education
		Migrant Education is a national program that provides educational and support services to eligible migrant children each year.
		The purpose of Migrant Education Region 3 Program is to provide supplementary instructional and supportive services during both regular year and summer/intersession to enable migrant children to obtain a quality education.
		The Migrant Education program has strong parent involvement programs that consist of parent advisory committees that guide the type of services that are offered in the districts and region.
	www.mcoe.org /migrant (235 words)

	Montana Migrant Education Program
		The Migrant Education Program is a national program that annually provides supplemental education and supportive services to approximately 800,000 eligible migrant children across the country to help them overcome educational disruptions and disadvantages which result from the culture of migrancy.
		Because migrant youth have limited knowledge of, and preparation for, other kinds of jobs, they face a high risk of unemployment or become part of the migrant labor force.
		The Montana MEP has the responsibility to ensure that migrant students at all grade levels and their families have their needs met and are able to access all services for which they are eligible.
	www.opi.state.mt.us /migrant (1429 words)

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		Migrant worker contracts often explicitly require the worker to renounce joining any union or "social organization" and the government does nothing to prevent such clauses being inserted, even though there is no legislation disallowing legal foreign workers from joining a union.
		Migrant support groups are urging the government to replace the unpopular ITTP with a work permit scheme, under which migrant workers would enjoy the same rights as Korean workers, based on the principle of equal pay for equal work, and freedom from racial discrimination, as defined in international human rights conventions.
		While it is understandable that the government is attempting to protect work opportunities for established city-dwellers over temporary rural migrants, this new regulation is another step towards increasing the insecurity of migrants within their own country, where they often have to work for lower than average wages and live in unsanitary and cramped dormitory accommodation.
	hrw.org /reports98/asialbr (11873 words)

	Migrant Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant Education is dedicated to helping these children overcome the disadvantages they face, and to become successful, productive citizens.
		Migrant Education, Region 23 of San Joaquin and Contra Costa Counties serves over 18,000 students in twenty-one school districts.
		A student qualifies for the Migrant Education Program if he or she has moved across state or school district lines with a migrant parent or guardian to obtain temporary or seasonal employment in an agricultural, fishing or food processing activity within the past three years.
	www.sjcoe.org /migranted.asp (314 words)

	Migrant Education Programs and Services - Migrant (CA Dept of Education)
		Migrant education supports two kinds of programs designed to strengthen the school, community, and family experiences of children and their families.
		Some programs are developed locally by migrant education regional offices in collaboration with the school districts that enroll migratory students.
		The mission of the SPAC is to assure that migrant students have the same opportunities to reach excellence and meet academic standards through support and academic services.
	www.cde.ca.gov /sp/me/mt/programs.asp (673 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Migrant workers 'face exploitation'
		In particular, the report claims migrant workers have to put up with low levels of pay, poor housing and long hours as employers take advantage of their often shaky command of the English language.
		The number of migrant workers as a proportion of the UK workforce has increased by nearly a third since 1995.
		Poorly treated workers, including migrant, have the right to take their employers to an industrial tribunal, but by doing so they could lose their job and as a consequence their right to stay in the UK.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3060061.stm (287 words)

	A.S.D. Migrant Ed.
		The Migrant Education Program offers literacy learning opportunities for all eligible families throughout the Anchorage School District.
		At the beginning of each school year, survey forms from schools are received by the Migrant Education Program.
		Migrant Education family literacy centers are located at North Star Elementary School, Hanshew Middle School, and NorthEast Community Center in the south end of the Muldoon Mall, across from Fred Meyers.
	www.asdk12.org /depts/migrant_ed (317 words)

	JUSTICIA:.: for Migrant Workers
		It is essential that migrant farm workers are covered by legislative protection that guarantees minimum labour standards.
		An appeal process must be implemented to guarantee that migrant farm workers have the right to a fair and impartial process where they can tell their side of their story.
		Ten members of Justicia for Migrant Workers met this afternoon with federal Immigration Minister Joe Volpe at a conference held at Hart House at the University of Toronto to demand status for the thousands of workers denied residency status due to our unjust laws.
	www.justicia4migrantworkers.org (531 words)

	Summary of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), passed in 1983, was designed to provide migrant and seasonal farmworkers with protections concerning pay, working conditions, and work-related conditions, to require farm labor contractors to register with the U.S. Department of Labor, and to assure necessary protections for farmworkers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.
		It was enacted to protect migrant and seasonal farmworkers on matters of pay and working and work-related conditions, to require farm labor contractors to register with the U.S. Department of Labor, and to assure necessary protections for farmworkers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.
		A migrant agricultural worker is a person employed in agricultural work of a seasonal or other temporary nature who is required to be absent overnight from his or her permanent place of residence.
	www.usda.gov /oce/oce/labor-affairs/mspasumm.htm (1929 words)

	Working in the UK - Information about the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
		Applicants under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme and their representatives are reminded of the importance of supplying all of the information necessary for us to be able to make a decision.
		A substantial number of Highly Skilled Migrant Programme applications continue to be received without sufficient supporting evidence to validate the self-assessment score.
		The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme is different from the work permit scheme because you do not need a specific job offer in the UK to apply.
	www.workingintheuk.gov.uk /working_in_the_uk/en/homepage/schemes_and_programmes/hsmp.html (1049 words)

	Changing school with the season \| csmonitor.com
		But migrants must also grapple with farm injuries and pesticide exposure; juggle school work with field work; and learn to navigate a world that is constantly in motion.
		While schools may be taking more note of the migrants in their midst, the same laws that require better tracking urge tougher academic standards - without necessarily creating additional support for a vulnerable group already struggling to keep up.
		Twenty-four percent of the district's migrant students are a year behind grade level; 2 percent are two or more years behind, according to the state's Migrant Student Data and Recruitment Office.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0215/p11s01-legn.html (2189 words)

	Project Info
		The five-year grant will employ technology to strengthen the academic achievement of targeted migrant students in core subject areas, increase comfort level and skills in using technology by teachers and students, and decrease drop-out rate among migrant students.
		The Migrant Technology Project has addressed the problem of low academic achievement among migrant students by utilizing technology to provide a highly motivational, multi-media based curriculum that is specifically adapted to cultural, educational, and language needs of the students.
		High school students will be able to work on education courses that allow migrant students to continue their current classes where they left them and earn the graduation credit required.
	www.migrant.org /project_info/index.cfm (849 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Issues: Labor: Migrant Workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery - Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
		Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry - Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
		Migrant workers 'face exploitation' - A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
	dmoz.org /Society/Issues/Labor/Migrant_Workers (536 words)

	Migrant: Home
		This flexibility means that students can earn the credits they need during study halls or tutorial sessions at their Texas high schools, at home, on school buses, en route while migrating to other states, or in any migrant educational program they decide to participate in during the summer.
		Staff who speak English and Spanish are available on a toll-free telephone line, live sessions are provided for migrant educators on how to support students, UT instructors can be contacted by mail and e-mail, and sessions are offered for parents on how to help their children with the courses.
		Migrant students often achieve success despite the hardships caused by their work.
	www.utexas.edu /cee/dec/migrant (471 words)

	Migrant Education Program
		The Migrant Education Program (MEP)-Title I Part C is authorized under Part C of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.
		The goal of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a GED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.
		The Office of Migrant Education has several leadership initiatives in place to increase the capacity of State educational agencies, local school districts, schools, and other community organizations to continuously improve the educational outcomes attained by migrant children.
	www.ed.gov /programs/mep (287 words)

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		According to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, a migrant worker is "a person who is to be engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a national."
		Official figures published by the Central Administration of Statistics concerns only migrant workers who have work permits.In1999, more than 72,000 migrant workers were registered in Lebanon, Sri Lankas, Filipinos and Ethiopians representing 60% of this non-Arab labor force.Femal migrants constitutes the largest number and the overwhelming majority is the employed as domestic maids.
		The statistics published by the competent authorities do not take into account seasonal migrant, illegal workers and Syrian laborers.Their number vary widely from a source to another.Therefore, offical sources do not reflect the real number of migrant workers in Lebanon, according to the local NGOs.
	www.lnf.org.lb /migrationnetwork/migrant.html (178 words)

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