Role of the OAS
As in other regions of the world, in the
Americas, migration has increased in magnitude and
significance in the last decades and has transformed
practically all the countries of the hemisphere into
countries of origin, transit and destination of migrants.
As a result of this, migration (specially the regulation and
protection of the human rights of migrants) has been
transformed into a priority issue in the political and
diplomatic agendas of many countries, Heads of States, and
of the Governments at the Summit of the Americas, and the
OAS.
The primary efforts of the OAS in regards to the issue of
migration center on the Protection of the Human Rights of
Migrant Workers through the role that the General Assembly
plays in the political process of the Organization and
through the Inter-American Program for the Protection of the
Human Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (approved
by the General Assembly through Resolution [AG/RES.
2141 (XXXV-O/05)].
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