Labor conditions of migrants in the construction sector are characterized by high levels of work-related trauma and injury, low payment, and various socio-economic issues. The report by Francois Crepeau addresses the deaths of migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea and evaluates the European Union border control analysis, migration policy, and the application of values and human rights in the European region.
The report analyzes the contemporary issues regarding migrants and proposes a human-rights-based framework to address the problems surrounding them. It is based on providing search, rescue, support, and legalistic integration of working migrants, refugees, and other individuals seeking shelter in the EU with the purpose of integrating them into the EU legal framework. According to Crepeau (2015), once refugees and illegal migrants feel the protection of the law, the number of crimes committed by and towards migrants would be significantly reduced.
This report has a strong moral, humanitarian, and legalistic foundation. It is based not only on various documents that make up the code of law in the EU and the UN but also on personal observations of the special reporter, who traveled across different countries in 2013-2014. However, the author does not provide enough information about the political attitudes of the general populace towards migrants. Humanitarian concerns are pointless without the goodwill of the population of the countries the migrants will reside in. As such, the attention should be focused on building a positive image of a migrant worker. As Crepeau (2015) mentioned, the EU is facing a demographic crisis as well as an employment crisis. Migrants, on the other hand, bring hard-working talent with them and can stimulate the economy. The report should be focusing on these issues as well, as the refusal to grant migrants more working rights and securities revolve around the negative perceptions of thereof by the rest of the population.
Work Cited
Crepeau, Francois. “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.” OHCHR, Web.