A/HRC/11/7/Add.2 page 3 Annex REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, JORGE BUSTAMANTE, ON HIS MISSION TO MEXICO (9-15 March 2008) CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1-8 4 II. INTERNATIONAL AND FEDERAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS ................................................................. 9 - 21 5 A. International protection of the rights of migrants ...................... 9 - 13 5 B. Federal legal framework ............................................................ 14 - 21 6 THE MEXICAN MIGRANT PHENOMENON ............................... 22 - 53 8 A. 26 - 32 9 Risks for and abuses of Mexican migrants in the United States ...................................................................... 27 - 28 9 Transnational gang networks and deportation ................... 29 - 32 10 B. Migrant workers ........................................................................ 33 - 37 11 C. Migrant children, including unaccompanied minors, and child labour ................................................................................ 38 - 48 12 1. Migrant children, including unaccompanied minors ......... 39 - 44 12 2. Child labour ....................................................................... 45 - 48 14 Migrant women ......................................................................... 49 - 53 15 KEY MIGRATION CHALLENGES ................................................ 54 - 80 16 A. Border control and detention procedures ................................... 54 - 64 16 B. Organized crime networks and impunity among governmental and law enforcement officials ............................. 65 - 70 18 Assistance to migrants ............................................................... 71 - 80 19 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 81 - 95 21 A. Recommendations to the Government of Mexico ..................... 82 - 92 21 B. Recommendations to the United Nations .................................. 93 - 95 23 III. Mexican diaspora ....................................................................... 1. 2. D. IV. C. V.

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