On April, 22 2013 the IIMA Human Rights Office
took part in a meeting concerning “The
role of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies”, at
Palais Wilson in Geneva. The discussion was organised by the UN
Committee in the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
(CMW) and also attended by representatives of Governments, UN Committees,
International Organizations and various NGOs. The meeting was aimed at focusing on the
importance of statistics concerning migrant workers, particularly immigration
and the basic human rights of the workers and their families. Many
authoritative experts, including representatives of the Program on the
Elimination of Child Labour of the ILO (International Labour Organization), the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International
Organization of Migration (IOM), underlined that the lack of precise data and
accurate statistics is a major roadblock that denies the ability to elaborate
adequate policies for migrants, especially protection of their rights.
