…The labour and human rights of migrants is among the defining issues of our era, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, said in his last report presented to the UN General Assembly…

While the report recognises promising practices in different countries and regions towards ensuring the labour and human rights of migrants, it highlights serious remaining challenges and obstacles faced by migrant workers. These include but are not limited to multiple cross-cutting and intersecting forms of discrimination; differential access to decent work as compared with nationals or citizens in countries of employment; little to no access to social protection systems, adequate housing, health care and justice; barriers in exercising their freedom of expression, assembly and association; and restrictions to their right to form and join trade unions…

Migrant workers must be able to access decent working conditions. All migrant workers, by virtue of their human dignity, are protected by international human rights law, without discrimination, on the same footing as nationals and citizens, regardless of their migratory status or situation, González Morales said…

He also urged States to pay special attention to … the establishment of strong and effective labour inspection systems …