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Participants in the National Forum on Migration organized by the Algerian Institute for Studies and Research in Algiers said Monday that Algeria has to ratify the convention N°. 143 called for by the International Labor Organization, which provides for the rights of migrant workers.
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They also pointed out that Algeria has not yet ratified the Convention N°. 143 called for by the ILO, although it has ratified the agreements which completed it, including the Convention N°. 97 of 1949, as well as the agreement called for by the United Nations in 1990, as Algeria was among 12 countries which ratified it.
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The regional coordinator of the Arab Countries’ activities at the International Bureau of Work, Ahmed Khalef, asserted that the prior role of the ILO is to « develop international labor standards that emerge from the agreements, including Convention N°.143 ».
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As for the delay in the ratification of this convention Khalef added : « Algeria has no background on this agreement. Ratification was only a matter of time ».
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General Manager of the National Institute for Studies and Legal Research, Elhadja Kadous, said ; «This forum aims to launch a campaign of sensitization and awarness for the trade unions of General Unions of Algerian Workers at the national level, particularly in the regions which is the corridor of international migration ».
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« This forum is an opportunity to shed light on the reality and prospects of this phenomenon, as well as discuss the ways of counting migrant workers inside and outside Algeria, and discuss the way to integrate them in the trade unions », she says.
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« Elites of the Associations who participate in this forum will come out a plan to preserve the employment rights of migrant workers abroad and the extent of their contribution to the local development in all its aspects », she adds.