Brainstorming between ITUC-Africa and ATUC on promoting migration governance and protecting the rights of migrant workers
In an effort to promote rights-based governance of migration, the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) and the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) have adopted enforceable modalities to ensure the protection of rights of migrant workers in order to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
According to a statement issued at the end of the two-day stakeholder brainstorming session among trade unionists from Africa and the Arab regions, discussions were dominated by ways in which trade unions can contribute to the achievement rights-based migration governance that protects and respects the rights of migrant workers and contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals in countries of origin and destination.
The communiqué notes that the meeting was successful as stakeholders unanimously identified and agreed to advance efforts on “Advocacy to overcome negative drivers of migration, including advocacy for deepening and expanding democratic spaces and for universal social protection as well as advocating to end conflict; organizing migrant workers into trade unions in countries of origin and destination; providing services to migrant workers, for example through resource centers for migrants.”
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Others “actively participate in migration governance processes relevant to their regions to ensure social dialogue in all policy discussions and decisions, such as the Arab States-Africa Conference on Labor Migration which to be held later in 2023 and the Abu Dhabi dialogue; continue to work on fair recruitment practices through closer collaboration between trade unions in countries of origin and destination, expanding and using the migrant recruitment advisors; monitoring the implementation of bilateral agreements on labor migration and producing advocacy and awareness-raising materials; continuing to advocate for a just transition to address the effects of climate change on workers and communities, including through a study on the effects of climate change on jobs and migration patterns in Africa and the Middle East. »
The statement further reveals that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Center for a Just Transition supported the meeting organized by the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA).
Trade unionists from Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan in the Middle East, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco in North Africa and Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana reiterated the importance of trade union solidarity and collaboration to defend workers' rights and fight against xenophobia, hate crimes, racism and other attacks against migrants and to guarantee fair recruitment practices for migrant workers, underlining the particularly difficult situation in which face migrant women workers, especially domestic workers, and migrants in an irregular situation.
They affirmed the urgency of helping to reverse the conditions that drive people to migrate out of necessity rather than choice and expose them to human and labor rights violations.
Along with decent work gaps in countries of origin, inequality and poverty, they highlighted the role of climate change and conflict as push factors. They reiterated the importance of tripartite social dialogue to overcome these challenges.
Meanwhile, ITUC-Africa and ATUC have been working together on rights-based migration governance through a Memorandum of Understanding they signed in 2018, along with other regional trade union organizations.
The MoU was renewed in June 2023, with the ITUC joining the office and the presence of the Director General of the International Labor Organization, Mr. Gilbert Houngbo.
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In an effort to promote rights-based governance of migration, the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) and the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) have adopted enforceable modalities to ensure the protection of rights of migrant workers in order to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
According to a statement issued at the end of the two-day stakeholder brainstorming session among trade unionists from Africa and the Arab regions, discussions were dominated by ways in which trade unions can contribute to the achievement rights-based migration governance that protects and respects the rights of migrant workers and contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals in countries of origin and destination.
The communiqué notes that the meeting was successful as stakeholders unanimously identified and agreed to advance efforts on “Advocacy to overcome negative drivers of migration, including advocacy for deepening and expanding democratic spaces and for universal social protection as well as advocating to end conflict; organizing migrant workers into trade unions in countries of origin and destination; providing services to migrant workers, for example through resource centers for migrants.”
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Others “actively participate in migration governance processes relevant to their regions to ensure social dialogue in all policy discussions and decisions, such as the Arab States-Africa Conference on Labor Migration which to be held later in 2023 and the Abu Dhabi dialogue; continue to work on fair recruitment practices through closer collaboration between trade unions in countries of origin and destination, expanding and using the migrant recruitment advisors; monitoring the implementation of bilateral agreements on labor migration and producing advocacy and awareness-raising materials; continuing to advocate for a just transition to address the effects of climate change on workers and communities, including through a study on the effects of climate change on jobs and migration patterns in Africa and the Middle East. »
The statement further reveals that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Center for a Just Transition supported the meeting organized by the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA).
Trade unionists from Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan in the Middle East, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco in North Africa and Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana reiterated the importance of trade union solidarity and collaboration to defend workers' rights and fight against xenophobia, hate crimes, racism and other attacks against migrants and to guarantee fair recruitment practices for migrant workers, underlining the particularly difficult situation in which face migrant women workers, especially domestic workers, and migrants in an irregular situation.
They affirmed the urgency of helping to reverse the conditions that drive people to migrate out of necessity rather than choice and expose them to human and labor rights violations.
Along with decent work gaps in countries of origin, inequality and poverty, they highlighted the role of climate change and conflict as push factors. They reiterated the importance of tripartite social dialogue to overcome these challenges.
Meanwhile, ITUC-Africa and ATUC have been working together on rights-based migration governance through a Memorandum of Understanding they signed in 2018, along with other regional trade union organizations.
The MoU was renewed in June 2023, with the ITUC joining the office and the presence of the Director General of the International Labor Organization, Mr. Gilbert Houngbo.
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