Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights
- PART I
- PART II
- 7 Obstacles to, and opportunities for, ratification of the ICRMW in Asia
- 8 Obstacles to ratification of the ICRMW in Canada
- 9 Mexico's role in promoting and implementing the ICRMW
- 10 Migrants' rights after apartheid: South African responses to the ICRMW
- 11 Policy on the ICRMW in the United Kingdom
- 12 The French political refusal on Europe's behalf
- 13 Migration and human rights in Germany
- 14 Migration and human rights in Italy: prospects for the ICRMW
- 15 The ICRMW and the European Union
- Annex 1 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990
- Annex 2 Ratifications of ILO Conventions 97 and 143 and of ICRMW as at June 2009
- Index
- References
9 - Mexico's role in promoting and implementing the ICRMW
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights
- PART I
- PART II
- 7 Obstacles to, and opportunities for, ratification of the ICRMW in Asia
- 8 Obstacles to ratification of the ICRMW in Canada
- 9 Mexico's role in promoting and implementing the ICRMW
- 10 Migrants' rights after apartheid: South African responses to the ICRMW
- 11 Policy on the ICRMW in the United Kingdom
- 12 The French political refusal on Europe's behalf
- 13 Migration and human rights in Germany
- 14 Migration and human rights in Italy: prospects for the ICRMW
- 15 The ICRMW and the European Union
- Annex 1 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990
- Annex 2 Ratifications of ILO Conventions 97 and 143 and of ICRMW as at June 2009
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Mexico has been one of the principle promoters of the ICRMW since its conception in the late 1970s. During the drafting of the Convention, Mexico's principle interest was to create an instrument to advocate for the human rights protection of Mexican migrants resident in the United States. While this remains true today, Mexico has since become a major transit country for migrants attempting to reach the United States, and to a lesser extent, a destination country. As such, it is in the complex situation of applying the Convention to different groups of migrants requiring specific forms of protection.
This chapter first reviews Mexico's historical role in the creation and ratification of the Convention. It discusses the dramatic increases of Mexican migrants to the United States in recent years, the development of transit migration through Mexico and the situation for migrants within the country. It reviews some of the principle human rights violations that are specifically covered by the Convention and their relevance to the Mexican situation. Finally, it describes how Mexico plans to move towards compliance with the Convention.
Background
As of 2006, there were approximately 27 million immigrants of Mexican origin resident in the United States, more than 11.5 million of whom were born in Mexico. Each year, this population grows by 400,000 to 485,000 irregular migrants, with an additional 90,000 Mexicans who migrate through work or family visas (Passel, 2005).
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- Migration and Human RightsThe United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights, pp. 219 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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