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access to education, vocational training and help finding
a job in their field, retraining, accommodations including
social housing projects, have safeguards against exploitation
with respect to rent, social services and access to health
care, co-operative businesses, the ability to participate in
and have access to cultural life (Art. 43). Family members
of migrant workers shall also have access to services equal
to those of a national of the country in which they are
employed. (Art. 45).

• Violations of employment contracts
Any violation, by the employer, of a work contract should
be investigated by competent government authorities in
the State in which the migrant worker is employed (Art. 54
(d)). The migrant worker has the same right as a national
to a fair and impartial hearing by a competent, lawful and
independent tribunal (Art. 18.1).

• Undocumented (illegal) workers’ rights
Irregular migration provokes even more serious problems
with regard to human rights abuses, as the Convention
recognizes. Appropriate action should be taken to assure
the protection of undocumented workers’ fundamental
rights and to prevent and eradicate illicit movements and
the trafficking of migrant workers. Appropriate action should
be taken against the distribution of incorrect information
regarding emigration and immigration and to facilitate
detection and elimination of illegal or illicit movements of
migrant workers. Sanctions should be imposed on those
responsible for aiding and conducting such movements as
well as those who employ illegal migrant workers (Art. 68).

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