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 PROGRESS REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE RAPPORTEUR ON
MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE HEMISPHERE

I.        INTRODUCTION 

II.       CERTAIN PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEVELOPED ON THE

BASIS OF THE CASE LAW OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 

a.       Prohibition of the collective expulsion of aliens, and
          the principle that no person may be expelled from the 
          territory from which he or she is a national
b.       Right to a fair trial and judicial protection  
c.       Right to nationality   
d.       Protection of the family

III.      ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANT WORKERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES  

a.       Visit to Texas  
b.       Seminars and workshops  
c.       Reports   
d.       Request to serve as Permanent Observer for Grupo Puebla  
e.       IOM Cooperation Agreement  
f.        Voluntary Fund  
g.       Final Observations

IV.      RESPONSES FROM THE MEMBER STATES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES 

a.       Previous Considerations  
b.       Responses 

1.       Xenophobia   
2.       Equal Protection before the law   
3.       Illegal traffic of migrant workers   
4.       Violence, abuses against migrant workers   
5.       Massive Expulsion, proceeding of expulsion   
6.       Judicial Guarantees and Due Process of law  
7.       Payment of taxes health coverage, social security system

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