EU Seasonal Migrant Workers’ Directive: Full Respect of Equal Treatment Necessary. Joint NGO Statement, 20 April 2011
- Document number
- 2745
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- EU Seasonal Migrant Workers’ Directive: Full Respect of Equal Treatment Necessary. Joint NGO Statement, 20 April 2011
- Author/publisher
- PICUM- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
- Summary
- The objectives of the directive, as laid out in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, are to answer to a permanent need for low and unskilled labour in sectors employing seasonal workers, to create a common entry system for seasonal workers across the Schengen area, and to address the exploitation and sub-standard working conditions in the seasonal work sector for third-country nationals. Considering the exploitation taking place in this sector, we do recognise the need to define clear standards in seasonal work and we also take note of the will of the legislator to reduce exploitation as stated among the objectives of the proposed directive.
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