Its time for solidarity. Here is an excerpt from the Platform for Comprehensive Migrant Justice which I wrote with input from many others. PLEASE! Click through, copy the Platform (which is also in Spanish) and share widely. thesecondcooler/blog/writings/ Conclusion What we see in essence is the burgeoning of people who essentially are stateless, who have no meaningful citizenship anywhere, whose every effort to protect themselves, their families, and their ways of life are being systematically taken from them. Fundamental human rights including the general rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are being systematically taken away. Fundamental human rights including the more specific right to a meaningful nationality, to change nationality, the right to maintain nationality, to maintain ethnic identity, to cross borders legally, not to be held in slavery, not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile, not to be deprived of property, to hold property collectively as well as individually, to free choice of employment and favorable conditions of work, the right to equal pay for equal work, the right to form and join trade unions, and the right to due process are being systematically denied. We note, too, that when these rights are denied, by international agreement, people whose rights have been denied are entitled to redress.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:57:20 +0000
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