A/HRC/20/24/Add.1
Annex
Report by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants, François Crépeau, on his mission to Albania, 5–13
December 2011
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction .............................................................................................................
1–2
4
II.
General background: Albania and migration ..........................................................
3–7
4
III.
Normative and institutional framework for the protection of the human
rights of migrants ....................................................................................................
8–18
6
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
2
Paragraphs
A.
International legal framework .........................................................................
8–9
6
B.
National legal and institutional framework .....................................................
10–18
6
Cross-cutting concerns ...........................................................................................
19–29
8
A.
National human rights culture and protection system .....................................
19–21
8
B.
Awareness and information on the human rights of migrants ........................
22–24
8
C.
Reliable data and statistics ..............................................................................
25–26
9
D.
Vulnerable groups and interface between migration and exploitation ............
27–29
9
Albanian migrants abroad .......................................................................................
30–39
10
A.
Consular services ............................................................................................
31–32
10
B.
Children’s rights .............................................................................................
33–34
11
C.
Deprivation of liberty .....................................................................................
35–36
11
D.
Civil and political rights .................................................................................
37
12
E.
Social security .................................................................................................
38–39
12
Returnees ................................................................................................................
40–53
13
A.
Return, reception and readmission ..................................................................
42–45
13
B.
Reintegration: from border crossing points to migration counters .................
46–49
14
C.
Women, youth and children ............................................................................
50–51
15
D.
The role of social workers ..............................................................................
52
15
E.
Institutional oversight .....................................................................................
53
16
Foreign migrants .....................................................................................................
54–66
16
A.
Asylum-seekers and refugees .........................................................................
55–58
16
B.
Detention of migrants in an irregular situation ..............................................
59–64
17
C.
Migrant worker and members of their families ..............................................
65–66
19