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Amnesty International urged Mexico and Jamaica to “protect their migrant workers from discrimination and labour exploitation” on Monday, following a review by the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
In an oral statement, the rights organization called on Mexico and Jamaica to “renegotiate their bilateral labour migration agreement with Canada, seeking specific guarantees to ensure that migrant workers in Canada can change employers and jobs freely.”
Several countries have negotiated bilateral agreements under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Mexico and Jamaica are among the countries that have agreements under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), one of the agricultural streams through which Canadian employers can temporarily hire foreign workers, specifically for agricultural sector positions, for a period of up to 8 months at a time.
In 2024, approximately 26,000 Mexican workers and 8,000 Jamaican workers participated in the SAWP. According to Amnesty International’s research, the abuses Jamaican and Mexican migrants are subjected to “stem directly from Canada’s immigration policies” and are extensive. Migrant workers “suffer a range of abuses, such as wage theft, excessive working hours, unsafe working conditions, racist physical and psychological abuse, surveillance, and others.”
Article 64 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families requires that states party to the Convention promote “sound, equitable and humane conditions” for migrant workers. The organization emphasizes that this “includes the conclusion of bilateral labour migration agreements.” Amnesty International asserts that “the abuses are not isolated incidents” but rather “a foreseeable and intrinsic outcome of the TFWP, due in large part to the inability of migrant workers to freely change employers.”
Alongside Amnesty International, the Global Detention Project has also recently petitioned the UN Committee, specifically concerning Mexico and Jamaica’s detention systems. Global Detention Project called on the Committee to inquire about the operation and impact of Mexico’s Multi-service centres and investigate the social services provided to released detainees and the treatment of child migrants in detention centres. Petitioning the Committee to certify Jamaica adheres to its Convention obligations to “ensure that no migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker is detained without legal basis,” the organization also pressed for Jamaica to reveal details on the facilities where non-nationals are detained and called for Jamaica to “end the detention of non-nationals in prison,” and “reform its immigration enforcement procedures.”
The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families oversees the implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. It is a body comprised of 14 independent experts. Mexico and Jamaica are among the countries that will undergo a review in the Committee’s fortieth session, held from April 7 to April 17.
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In an oral statement, the rights organization called on Mexico and Jamaica to “renegotiate their bilateral labour migration agreement with Canada, seeking specific guarantees to ensure that migrant workers in Canada can change employers and jobs freely.”
Several countries have negotiated bilateral agreements under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Mexico and Jamaica are among the countries that have agreements under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), one of the agricultural streams through which Canadian employers can temporarily hire foreign workers, specifically for agricultural sector positions, for a period of up to 8 months at a time.
In 2024, approximately 26,000 Mexican workers and 8,000 Jamaican workers participated in the SAWP. According to Amnesty International’s research, the abuses Jamaican and Mexican migrants are subjected to “stem directly from Canada’s immigration policies” and are extensive. Migrant workers “suffer a range of abuses, such as wage theft, excessive working hours, unsafe working conditions, racist physical and psychological abuse, surveillance, and others.”
Article 64 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families requires that states party to the Convention promote “sound, equitable and humane conditions” for migrant workers. The organization emphasizes that this “includes the conclusion of bilateral labour migration agreements.” Amnesty International asserts that “the abuses are not isolated incidents” but rather “a foreseeable and intrinsic outcome of the TFWP, due in large part to the inability of migrant workers to freely change employers.”
Alongside Amnesty International, the Global Detention Project has also recently petitioned the UN Committee, specifically concerning Mexico and Jamaica’s detention systems. Global Detention Project called on the Committee to inquire about the operation and impact of Mexico’s Multi-service centres and investigate the social services provided to released detainees and the treatment of child migrants in detention centres. Petitioning the Committee to certify Jamaica adheres to its Convention obligations to “ensure that no migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker is detained without legal basis,” the organization also pressed for Jamaica to reveal details on the facilities where non-nationals are detained and called for Jamaica to “end the detention of non-nationals in prison,” and “reform its immigration enforcement procedures.”
The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families oversees the implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. It is a body comprised of 14 independent experts. Mexico and Jamaica are among the countries that will undergo a review in the Committee’s fortieth session, held from April 7 to April 17.
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