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STORY: UN / MIGRANTS HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 2.35
SOURCE: UNIFEED - UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
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24 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants:
“I am very concerned by the fact that there is so little appetite in the world today for resettling refugees. Countries like Turkey, like Jordan, like Lebanon, have been shouldering millions of refugees from Syria. Tunisia has shouldered almost a million refugees from Libya a few years ago, and there is little appetite, especially in the global north, for resettling these people who have fled a bloody civil war. ”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants:
“As long as there will not be a real effort, a major effort for resettling Syrian refugees, but also Libyan refugees and Eritrean refugees, Iraqi refugees, an effort that will be comparable to the one that was made for Indochinese, for the Indochinese at the late 70s, early 80s, we are going to see an increase in irregular movements of population and we are going to see, probably, a radicalization of the anti-immigration sentiment in many countries in the global north.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants:
“If you have human right guarantees, everyone can access them, including migrants. The tragedy in Australia is that at present, migrant have absolutely no recourse, even when the government takes positions or adopts policies that are manifestly violating international human rights law. And Australia, in that sense, is suffering from a human rights deficit which is quite extraordinary.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants:
“When I met with what is called Q22, which is the committee for the preparation for the World Cup, there was very much an interest that the World Cup worksites, construction sites, those dedicated to constructing the stadiums and the other buildings, would be rid of violations of human rights for the work force.”
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The Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau, today (24 Oct) expressed concern over the situation of Syrian and other refugees, saying that “there is little appetite, especially in the global north, for resettling these people who have fled a bloody civil war.”
Crépeau, speaking to journalists in New York after presenting his report to the General Assembly, noted that Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, “have been shouldering millions of refugees from Syria” while Tunisia “has shouldered almost a million refugees from Libya a few years ago.”
The Special Rapporteur said that “as long as there will not be a real effort, a major effort for resettling Syrian refugees, but also Libyan refugees and Eritrean refugees, Iraqi refugees, an effort that will be comparable to the one that was made for Indochinese, for the Indochinese at the late 70s, early 80s, we are going to see an increase in irregular movements of population and we are going to see, probably, a radicalization of the anti-immigration sentiment in many countries in the global north.”
Crépeau also spoke about the case of Australia, saying that “at present, migrants have absolutely no recourse, even when the government takes positions or adopts policies that are manifestly violating international human rights law.”
He said that “Australia, in that sense, is suffering from a human rights deficit which is quite extraordinary.”
Speaking about his recent visit to Qatar, were 87 percent of the population are migrants, he said that “there was very much an interest that the World Cup worksites, construction sites, those dedicated to constructing the stadiums and the other buildings, would be rid of violations of human rights for the work force.”
Qatar has faced allegations of forced labor and human trafficking related to the construction of large-scale projects in preparation for the 2022 World Cup.
Special rapporteurs are appointed by the Geneva-based Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.
