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	Migrants.Net URL: http://www.migrants.net ODP description: Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong. Page title: Mission for Migrant Workers (HK) Society
	Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery URL: http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/il1806a.pdf ODP description: Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
	Fact Sheet No.24, The Rights of Migrant Workers URL: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs24.htm ODP description: Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.
	The Migrant Experience URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html ODP description: Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century.
	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Migrant workers 'face exploitation' URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3060061.stm ODP description: A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
	Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations URL: http://www.coffo.org/ ODP description: Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Partnerships with UMOS and MAFO, conference dates. Page title: COFFO
	Commission for Farm Workers' Rights URL: http://cfwr.tripod.com ODP description: Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment. Page title: == COMMISSION FOR FARM WORKERS' RIGHTS ==
	Migration Network URL: http://www.lnf.org.lb/migrationnetwork/migrant.html ODP description: Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.
	International Migrant Workers: Oregon State Archives URL: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/osu/osuintwork.html ODP description: Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s. Page title: International Migrant Workers
	International Labour Migration URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/ ODP description: Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions. Page title: International Migration Programme - Homepage
	Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain URL: http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-6878-f0.cfm ODP description: Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase. Page title: Trades Union Congress - Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain Page description: The blurring by media and governments of the distinction between refused asylum seekers, illegal working, illegal entry and criminal trafficking contributes to increased suspicion of all migrants and those who seem to be foreign. This also means it can be difficult for unions to identify and present the key issues from the perspective of defending the interests of workers
	OneWorld.net - Migrant workers' rights: A breakthrough? URL: http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/74234/1/ ODP description: Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants. Page title: OneWorld.net / News / Editorial: Guest editorials - Migrant workersâ rights: A breakthrough? Page description: Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrantsâ rights. Rosaura Audi, Editor of December 18, argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
	December18 URL: http://www.december18.net ODP description: Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish. Page title: www.december18.net
	Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. URL: http://www.fwjustice.org ODP description: Information on public policy and legal issues regarding migrant and seasonal farm workers, including labor law, immigration, occupational safety and health, women's issues and access to justice.
	The Human Rights of Migrant Workers URL: http://www.pdhre.org/rights/migrants.html ODP description: Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education. Page title: PDHRE: Migrant Workers
	Justica For Migrant Workers URL: http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org ODP description: Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW). Page title: JUSTICIA:.: for Migrant Workers
	Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html ODP description: Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian. Page title: Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
	Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry URL: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html ODP description: Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward. Page title: SCORE: Steinbeck--Migrant article
	Migrant Workers URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/genact/socprot/migrant/ ODP description: Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization. Page title: General Activities - Social Protection - Migrant Workers Page description: ACTRAV, ILO Bureau for Workers' Activities