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Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
http://cfwr.tripod.com

Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs24.htm

Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/

Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/superm...ts/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html

A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3060061.stm

Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/74234/1/

Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong.
http://www.migrants.net

Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/osu/osuintwork.html

Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).
http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org

Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html

Radio Netherlands article by by Arjan Schippers examines the conditions faced by migrant workers in Europe.
http://www.rnw.nl/society/html/migrant020102.html

Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-6878-f0.cfm

Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
http://www.ilo.org/public/englis...e/actrav/genact/socprot/migrant/

Information for migrant workers in Ireland.
http://www.ictu.ie/html/yrights/rmigrant.html

Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
http://www.fidh.org/magmoyen/rapport/2003/il1806a.pdf

Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.
http://www.lnf.org.lb/migrationnetwork/migrant.html

Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education.
http://www.pdhre.org/rights/migrants.html

Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html

Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish.
http://www.december18.net