A/HRC/14/30/Add.3
Annex
Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the human
rights of migrants, Jorge Bustamante, on his mission to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
22–26 June 2009
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction.............................................................................................................
1–5
3
II.
General background ................................................................................................
6–12
3
A.
Migration data ................................................................................................
6–10
3
B.
Migration trends .............................................................................................
11–12
5
Normative and institutional framework ..................................................................
13–33
6
A.
The international and regional legal framework.............................................
13–16
6
B.
The national legal and institutional framework ..............................................
17–33
7
Good practices ........................................................................................................
34–44
10
III.
IV.
A.
Identifying, sharing and promoting good practices ........................................
35
10
B.
Setting up independent mechanisms to monitor migration
governance using international law ................................................................
36–37
10
Sharing the responsibility of protecting persons in need of
international protection...................................................................................
38
11
D.
Protecting and empowering children in the context of migration...................
39–40
11
E.
Workers organizations’ cooperation initiatives in countries
of destination and origin .................................................................................
41
11
National human rights institutions’ commitment to the protection
of the human rights of migrants......................................................................
42
12
Other good practices.......................................................................................
43–44
12
Major challenges .....................................................................................................
45–72
12
The criminalization of irregular migration and the
detention of immigrants..................................................................................
45–48
12
B.
The detention of asylum-seekers ....................................................................
49–52
13
C.
The protection of children ..............................................................................
53–56
14
D.
The protection of migrant domestic workers..................................................
57–62
15
E.
The protection and assistance for victims of human trafficking .....................
63–66
16
F.
Access to health care, regardless of immigration status .................................
67–68
17
G.
Other concerns................................................................................................
69–72
17
Conclusions and recommendations.........................................................................
73–85
18
C.
F.
G.
V.
A.
VI.
2
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