A/HRC/14/30/Add.3
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 March 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fourteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants, Jorge Bustamante*
Addendum
Mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(22–26 June 2009)
Summary
The present report examines the protection of the human rights of migrants in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, placing it primarily as a country of
destination of migration flows. It presents the legal framework pertaining to the human
rights of migrants at the international, European and domestic levels, underscoring some
gaps in the implementation of existing laws and noting policies which should benefit from
a human rights approach. The Special Rapporteur presents major trends and challenges,
highlights good practices and makes recommendations.
* The summary of this report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, contained in
the annex to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only.
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