E/CN.4/2001/83 page 3 Executive summary The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, is submitting her second report in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/48. It deals with the information received, the communications sent and the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur during the period from 6 January to 15 December 2000. The Special Rapporteur’s work relates to the following situations corresponding to her mandate: (a) acts contrary to the full implementation of rules and minimum standards for the protection of the human rights of migrants; (b) cases of multiple discrimination and violence against migrant men and women; (c) obstacles to the full and effective protection of the human rights of migrants; (d) acts against migrant children; (e) trafficking and smuggling of migrants; and (f) return of migrants who are undocumented or in an irregular situation. During the period under consideration, the Special Rapporteur sent urgent appeals to the Governments of the Argentine Republic, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, drawing their urgent attention to information received on alleged violations of the human rights of migrants. Specifically, the Special Rapporteur drew the attention of the Argentine Republic to the racist and xenophobic attacks suffered by Bolivian labourers living in Escobar, Exaltación de la Cruz, Campana and Zárate. She sent joint urgent appeals to the Government of Canada about the possible deportation of a Pakistani citizen threatened with death in Pakistan and to the Government of the United Arab Emirates about the death sentence imposed on an immigrant woman from Indonesia living in the United Arab Emirates. She also sent a joint urgent appeal to the Government of Lebanon about the situation of a group of migrants of Sudanese origin seeking asylum in Lebanon. She received information about the alleged ill-treatment of the above-mentioned persons in various detention centres. The Special Rapporteur sent two communications through the normal channels to the Governments of Spain and the Dominican Republic requesting information about the living and working conditions of immigrants in El Ejido (Almería, Spain) and Haitian workers in the sugar cane fields in the Dominican Republic. The Special Rapporteur includes information in her report on her contribution during the period under review to the preparatory work for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, as well as on her opinion about the relationship between the two issues. In chapter IV of the report, the Special Rapporteur describes the general context and discusses the following topics which are of special concern to her: (a) situation of irregular migrants; (b) sale of fraudulent documents; (c) situation of migrant women and unaccompanied minors; (d) undocumented children without access to health care and education; (e) broken families; and (f) racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination. In the chapter on activities, the Special Rapporteur describes the visits which she plans to make in 2001, in accordance with the request made in resolution 2000/48.