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Most of world’s 200 million migrants denied basic right to housing – UN expert

02/11/10
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22 October 2010 – With most of the world’s estimated 200 million migrants facing discrimination in housing, a United Nations independent expert today called on nations to view the issue through the lens of human rights.

Raquel Rolnik, the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, told reporters that in her work, she has seen first-hand the “situations of migrant workers living in metal containers without electricity or water or services,” as well as others sleeping in bathrooms, closets or the kitchen.

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Life on the U.S.-Mexico border

25/10/10

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Ruben Garcia is a human rights advocate who lives on the U.S.-Mexico border. For more than 30 years, he has run Annunciation House, an emergency shelter for migrants and the homeless in El Paso, Texas. Garcia spoke to students and the public at St. Lawrence University in Canton on 21st of October. The issue of border security, illegal drugs and immigration is complex along the southern border. He gave a presentation, titled "The Border as a Prophet: Voices Calling us to Justice", in St. Lawrence's Carnegie 10 at 7 pm.

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