According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights around 244 million people in the world live outside their country of origin for many reasons. Most migrants live in a terrifying situation. They are very vulnerable to human rights violations, discrimination, exploitation and marginalization. A lot of them don´t have the access to fundamental rights such as education and health.
In the case of the United States, they have a lack of agricultural and hard labors, and Americans aren´t interested in those jobs; this is why a lot of people from México and Latin America migrate to the United States looking for a better way of living. However, they are underpaid, exploited and in many cases they have no health and social security programs. …show more content…
Around 2.7 percent of the total population in South Korea is migrants. On August 2004 the Employment Permit System (EPS) was created. The purpose of this system is providing equal treatment to foreign workers, including basic labor rights and employment insurance.
In August 2004 the Korean National Assembly wrote the EPS Act. Which prohibits discrimination against foreign workers and wants to put an end to human rights violations against them. By passing the EPS Act, the Republic of Korea became the first labor importing country in Asia to protect the rights of migrant workers through legislation.
As a resolution for the problem of violated human rights of migrants, the Republic of Korea proposes the following:
• The creation of an International Organization that protects migrants and their rights as well as their relatives´. Keeping in mind the article number one of the Declaration of Human Rights “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.
• Let North Koreans stay in China and give them access to education, health and basic labor rights .
• An organization that protects migrants on their migration process as article 13 of the Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement, to leave any country, including his own, and return to his
In the case of the United States, they have a lack of agricultural and hard labors, and Americans aren´t interested in those jobs; this is why a lot of people from México and Latin America migrate to the United States looking for a better way of living. However, they are underpaid, exploited and in many cases they have no health and social security programs. …show more content…
Around 2.7 percent of the total population in South Korea is migrants. On August 2004 the Employment Permit System (EPS) was created. The purpose of this system is providing equal treatment to foreign workers, including basic labor rights and employment insurance.
In August 2004 the Korean National Assembly wrote the EPS Act. Which prohibits discrimination against foreign workers and wants to put an end to human rights violations against them. By passing the EPS Act, the Republic of Korea became the first labor importing country in Asia to protect the rights of migrant workers through legislation.
As a resolution for the problem of violated human rights of migrants, the Republic of Korea proposes the following:
• The creation of an International Organization that protects migrants and their rights as well as their relatives´. Keeping in mind the article number one of the Declaration of Human Rights “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.
• Let North Koreans stay in China and give them access to education, health and basic labor rights .
• An organization that protects migrants on their migration process as article 13 of the Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement, to leave any country, including his own, and return to his