1. The Rights of Migrants The Human Rights Council (HRC)
-Based on a Global Classrooms Preliminary Conference Guide-

2. A right is “something that a person is or should be morally or legally allowed to have, get, or do”

3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says what rights all people, everywhere should have

4. What is the Human Rights Council (HRC) ?
Young: Founded in 2006
Purpose: to discuss violations of human rights
Inspired by: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

5. A migrant is “A person who is to be engaged, is engaged, or has been engaged in a remunerated (paid) activity of a State of which he or she is not a national (citizen)”

6. In 2015, there were an estimated 244 million migrants in the world although the true number is hard to find as many are undocumented (Elia)

7. MYTH: Migrants are always from poor countries
FACT: Every country has citizens who have left to pursue opportunities in another country or have migrants

8. Why would one migrate?
From a developed country to another developed country?
From a developed country to a less developed country?

9. Why do people choose to migrate or not

10. Still, it’s hard to be a migrant. Why do you think that is ?

11. The discrimination migrants face

12. A receiving country is one that receives migrants.

13. Impact of Immigration
“European migrants are not a drain on Britain’s finances; what is more, they actually pay more in taxes than they take out in state benefits. That contribution – valued at £2bn a year –
is helping to fuel Britain’s economic growth” (Frattini)
The US Social Security Administration reported that
in 2010, undocumented migrants paid over $13 billion ($20,000,000,000) in taxes in that fiscal year, but only used $1 billion in benefits, making a net gain of $12 billion USD for American citizens (Goss, Wade and Skirvin).

14. “1 percentage point increase in the share of
migrants in the adult population increases GDP per person in advanced economies by up to 2 percent in the longer term. This increase comes primarily from an increase in labor productivity, instead of an increase in the workforce-to-population ratio.”

15. “An increase in the migrant population benefits the average income per person of both the bottom 90 percent and the top 10 percent of earners” (Jaumotte)

16. Impact on Labor Force

17. Brain Drain is “the emigration of trained and talented individuals from the country of origin to another country resulting in a loss of skills and resources in the original country” (UN Migration Agency)

18. Now, we’ve learned that migrants are actually good for a country
Now, we’ve learned that migrants are actually good for a country. Sadly, they are also often treated unfairly.

19. Therefore, migrants deserve support from the international community and the HRC.

20. So far, the international community has given that support by…

21. Does this support seem adequate. Why or Why not?

22. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

23. Should the Human Rights Council focus on creating more international policy or devise a plan for more domestic solutions to be implemented in individual countries?

24. Which international rights should migrants be granted and guaranteed
Which international rights should migrants be granted and guaranteed? Which are the most important or pressing?

25. What can and should governments of receiving countries do to ensure the protections of migrants and to solve the particular problems they face?

26. How can the HRC encourage or promote programs to decrease socio-economic problems that cause migration from countries of origin? Should they?

27. What can and should governments of receiving countries do to ensure the protections of migrants and to solve the particular problems they face?