Protecting Migrants' Rights: Undocumented Migrants as Local Citizens
in Crépeau François and Colleen Sheppard (eds), Human Rights and Diverse Societies: Challenges and Possibilites, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 202-211, 2014
Posted: 4 Jun 2016
Date Written: 2014
Abstract
This chapter argues for a humane approach to irregular migration. Four points motivate this approach. First, migration is a constant of civilization. Second, irregular migration is not framed as a social phenomenon responding to post-war economic needs anymore, it is rather constructed more and more as a matter of a thread to national security. Third, migrants do have rights and their respect, protection and promotion and how they compare to the rights of citizens is the next frontier in the development of human rights policies. Lastly, we may need to re-conceptualize citizenship and residence in order to recognize everyone's human dignity over and above their administrative status.
Keywords: irregular migration; migrants rights; migration policies; citizenship
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