(b) Specific Measures, including Agreements between directly interested Countries to avoid or reduce the Flow of Undocumented Migrants
| Date | 01 April 1983 |
| Published date | 01 April 1983 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.1983.tb00436.x |
(b)
Specific Measures, including Agreements
between directly interested Countries
to
avoid or
reduce the Flow
of
Undocumented Migrants
CONCLUSIONS
1.
The discussions have shown the complexity of problems related to illegal migra-
tions and the difficulty of finding simple answers and ready-made solutions. One
problem
in
most receiving countries is the competing interests of various groups in the
national society.
2.
Migrations occurring
in
irregular
or
abusive conditions are detrimental to migrants
and their families, do not serve the interests of the sending countries and can create
problems in the receiving countries. Long-term solutions to the problems of illegal
migrations must therefore involve an effort to ensure that all migratory movements
take place through legal and controlled channels.
3.
The Seminar took note of the existing international instruments dealing with illegal
migration questions both in regional and international frameworks, particularly
ILO
Convention
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and of the work in progress within the United Nations.
4.
The Seminar considered that lasting and effective solutions to the problems of
illegal migrations will require co-operation between countries of origin, countries of
transit and receiving countries. This process could be aided by the development of an
international consensus on the long-term objectives for possible remedies to the
problems of illegal migrations.
5.
One essential area of such co-operation is the recognition of fundamental human
rights of
all
migrants, including those in an irregular situation. Besides being necessary
on moral grounds, such recognition will contribute to the elimination of the incentive
which employers may have to use cheap and unprotected illegal foreign labour.
6.
Another essential element of co-operation is the definition of objectives and
guidelines to promote sound and equitable conditions for international migrations.
The following guidelines were considered by the Seminar: creation in all countries
concerned of appropriate governmental mechanisms to deal with international migra-
tion; strict regulation of recruitment and placement of migrant workers; prevention of
illegal migration through measures for the detection and active prosecution of traf-
fickers and employers of clandestine foreign labour, as well as through measures in the
field
of
information; the principle that existing causes and conditions of irregular
migrations should not be allowed to persist indefinitely. In this context the Seminar
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