Los trabajadores migrantes realizan trabajos esenciales, pero a menudo lo hacen en condiciones deficientes o incluso abusivas. Las mujeres constituyen casi la mitad de la fuerza laboral migrante y están expuestas a peligros adicionales para su salud y seguridad. La pandemia de COVID-19 y otros eventos han aumentado la visibilidad de su situación. El enfoque basado en los derechos, desarrollado a lo largo de más de 60 años, ofrece soluciones coherentes a toda la gama de cuestiones relacionadas con el empleo de los trabajadores migrantes internacionales. Abarca la contratación, la admisión, el empleo, el desempleo, la formación, la seguridad en el trabajo, la atención de la salud, la seguridad social, la organización, la vivienda, la familia y otros, que al minimizar las diferencias de trato y oportunidades entre los trabajadores migrantes y los nacionales protegen no solo a los trabajadores migrantes sino también a los nacionales y minimizan las divisiones sociales y económicas y el riesgo de divisiones políticas inherentes a ellas. Mediante ejemplos, este artículo describe el riesgo de trato discriminatorio no solo por parte de los individuos, sino también por la ley y la práctica administrativa para los trabajadores migrantes y la necesidad de controlar el riesgo, sobre todo en beneficio de los trabajadores nacionales. Describe las muchas formas y situaciones en las que se ha descubierto que los trabajadores migrantes sufren discriminación. Examina de cerca la definición de discriminación en los convenios internacionales adoptados como respuesta. Entre sus implicaciones destaca el tema de la discriminación indirecta y aborda la cuestión de la discriminación positiva. Se mencionan algunas razones dadas por los Estados para mantener a los trabajadores migrantes en situaciones propensas a la discriminación.
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