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- According to a report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
(UNHCHR) (A/HRC/14/30 para.74), new migrants should be provided
with an opportunity to learn the language of the State of employment
and information and advice concerning the relevant laws and systems
in their mother tongues lest they experience difficulty in exercising their
rights.
- Article 33 (1) of Migrant Workers Convention stipulates that migrant
workers and members of their families shall have the right to be
informed by the State of origin, the State of employment, or the State
of transit as the case may be concerning the ff.: (a) Their rights arising
from the present Convention; (b) The conditions of their admission, their
International
rights and obligation under the law and practice of the State concerned,
norms
and other matters that will enable them to comply with administrative
or other formalities in that State. Article 37 of said Convention stipulates
that, before their departure, or at the time of their admission to the State
of employment at the latest, migrant workers and members of their
families shall have the right to be informed fully by the State of origin
or the State of employment, as appropriate, of all conditions applicable
to their admission particularly those concerning their stay and the
remunerated activities in which they may engage, including the
requirements that they must satisfy in the State of employment and the
authority to which they must subject themselves for any modification
of such conditions.
Cases in
major
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- In Germany, documents concerning contracts for employment of migrant
workers and contract cancellation are translated. In particular, matters
concerning in-house education, regulations for the prevention of
industrial disasters, and service rules are taught to migrant workers in
their mother tongues.
Human Rights Guidelines on Migration