A/HRC/43/50/Add.2 sectors. According to various sources, over 50,000 of all non-nationals are undocumented migrant workers, an issue a special government task force will aim to address. 68. Reports raised concerns about the insufficient safeguards to ensure the protection of migrant workers, especially unskilled labourers. Many do not know their rights and do not speak Dhivehi. They cannot access public services, participate in cultural life, education or recreation, and they may face discrimination in some social interactions and in accessing certain public places, such as some parks. Due to isolation from their families, language and culture, some also face mental health issues. 69. One step that would have a significant positive impact for the integration of expatriates would be to make Dhivehi language classes available to them. Another would be the creation of cultural centres for their use and the sponsoring of cultural programming inclusive of them. 4. The situation of young people 70. The Special Rapporteur received reports about the frustrations of young people, including about the concern that cultural spaces are restricted for them. Drugs and gangs have become a significant problem. 8 The absence of a strong sense of identity and exclusion of young people from aspects of cultural, economic and social life further increases their vulnerability to extremist and fundamentalist narratives. 71. The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment confirmed the absence of specific cultural programming for young people, but this Ministry does offer an important array of activities in the fields of sports. In addition, the Ministry supports the Youth Council and coordinates the network of youth and community centres across the country. More consideration should be given to the positive role cultural activities can play in countering boredom and giving young people a sense of belonging and of meaning. D. Tourism 72. Tourism is a vital part of the Maldivian economy, and it brings people from around the world to the country every year. It should afford advantages to all Maldivians and be a window to display their culture and identities to the world. The Special Rapporteur noted, however, that parts of the tourism industry seem to be operating in a somewhat separate, parallel universe, in which: workers’ human rights are reportedly undermined and unions forbidden, notwithstanding constitutional guarantees; and tourists are not given adequate opportunities to see or hear Maldivian performing arts and culture, share Maldivian cuisine or learn about Maldivian ways of life and crafts. 73. While conscious that cultural practices and crafts should maintain their meaning for Maldivians and not simply be commercialized for tourist purposes, cultural knowledge and practices can also be revived and professionalized or can find new forms in the interaction with visitors. 74. Maldivian artists are eager to perform and display their work in resorts. However, the September 2018 destruction of the artwork Coralarium at the Fairmont Sirru Fen Fushi Hotel in the Shaviyani atoll by the outgoing Government on the eve of elections has made it more difficult for artists to find platforms in resorts to do so and had a chilling effect for artistic expression. This incident must be fully investigated in the light of the right to freedom of artistic expression and creativity. 9 75. The Government should consider adhering to the new Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics10 and explore avenues for supporting the presence of Maldivian arts and crafts in the tourist industry – for example, by developing an authenticity trademark for crafts made in Maldives or by sponsoring a Maldivian shop at airports where artists and 8 9 10 See United Nations Development Programme, Youth Vulnerability in the Maldives, February 2019. Available at undp.org. See A/HRC/23/34 and A/HRC/28/57. World Tourism Organization, resolution 707(XXII). 13