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Working migration from the countries of Eastern and Central Europe : present state and perspectives
Doc. 10059
28 January 2004
Motion for a recommendation
presented by Mr. Shybko and others
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it
1. Taking into account the permanently increasing over the last years number of working migrants of the Central and East European origin employed on the temporary basis all around the EU-member states and Council of Europe member states as well as those looking for employment, the following issues emerged:
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Necessity of changes to be made to the national legislatures of the countries-donators of the labour force in spheres regarding activities of the recruiting companies;
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Insufficient legal grounds of bilateral international agreements between countries-recipients and countries-donators of the labour force;
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Number of Central and Eastern European countries have not implemented the European Convention on migrant workers (1977) that leads to the legal and social vulnerability and violation of their citizens rights while abroad;
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The situation with illegal migrants in the Council of Europe member states has appeared to be alarming.
2. The European Convention includes legal provisions on the following matters concerning migrant workers: social and medical insurance, social security, taxation, pensions, accommodation, education, etc. All these provisions can be referred to as ones in the sphere of public law. But migrant workers come across a number of the problems in the sphere of private law. Such issues partially should be solved in the national legislation and partially in the international agreements, e.g. recruitment for the third country, legal status of recruiting entity in the state of employment.
3. The Assembly considers it necessary to examine the problem in order to propose concrete measures to be taken in order to improve the situation of the people belonging to the category of migrant workers.
Signed
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Shybko, Ukraine, SOC
Ates, Turkey, SOC
Bindig, Germany, SOC
Burbiene, Lithuania, SOC
Frunda, Romania, EPP/CD
Gündüz, S, Turkey, LDR
Jurgens, Netherlands, SOC
Magnusson, Sweden, SOC
Poroshenko, Ukraine, SOC
Pourgourides, Cyprus, EPP/CD
Severin, Romania, SOC
Severinsen, Denmark, LDR
Slutsky, Russia, SOC
Toshev, Bulgaria, EPP/CD
Van Thijn, Netherlands, SOC
Zvarych, Ukraine, EDG
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Socialist Group |