A/61/324 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Summary The present report contains an update on the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants since his last report to the General Assembly (A/60/357) and his report to the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2006/73 and Add.1 and 2). It focuses particularly on the issues raised by the Special Rapporteur in the context of the General Assembly’s High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 3 II. Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4 3 III. Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16 3 A. Summary of activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 B. Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16 4 IV. Human rights of migrants: developments during the period 2005-2006 . . . . . . . . . 17–23 5 V. Observations on the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–54 7 Some issues addressed by the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–42 9 Consequences of the failure to acknowledge the demand for migrant labour 43–54 11 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–59 14 A. B. VI. 2 Paragraphs 06-51782