December 18, International Migrants Day
Demand Status and Dignity for All Migrant Workers
The United Nations has designated December 18 as International Migrants Day to recognize the contributions of the more than 281 million migrants worldwide who are indispensable to the functioning of almost every country around the globe. In Canada, Quebec, the U.S., countries in the European Union and so-called western democracies and other countries under the dictatorship of global oligopolies, migrant workers are treated like modern day slaves to be used and discarded by the rich to maximize their privileges and wealth.
There is no recognition that migrants are human beings who have rights by virtue of being human in countries like Canada which shamelessly claims to be a champion of human rights and freedoms.
This International Migrants Day, the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) calls on everyone to step up their support of migrant workers in Canada and Quebec who are an integral part of one working class, and by doing so, contribute to the struggles of migrant workers across the globe. The Canadian state's divisive racist attacks against migrant workers, international students and refugees must be ended immediately, and these workers granted permanent status so that they can live with dignity and security and continue to make their invaluable contributions to society without being criminalized.
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA)-Canada, part of an international network of defence organizations of migrant workers, has called for actions this International Migrants Day under the theme: "A Day Without Migrants," to highlight the enormous contributions migrant workers, international students and refugees make to Canadian society and to demand that the Canadian government and monopoly media end their vicious attacks against this section of the people. Standing as one with all workers in Canada to oppose a system that exploits all workers, the IMA has called for rallies, forums and other events to highlight the myriad contributions of migrant workers and the struggle to defend their rights and the rights of all.
Similarly, the Migrant Rights Network (MRN), a cross-Canada alliance of organizations fighting for migrant justice and to combat state-organized racist attacks against farm workers, care workers and others designated as temporary foreign workers, international students, undocumented people and refugees, has organized actions under the theme A Day Without Migrants -– Nothing Moves Without Us! The MRN denounces the disinformation spread by government Ministers and officials, and the media blaming immigrants for the housing crisis and the crises in health care, education and social services. This is done to cover up the fact that these problems which affect everyone are caused by decades of the anti-social policies of successive federal and provincial governments. The fraudulent claim that immigrants are to blame is being used to justify increased attacks on migrant workers and students in the form of brutal cuts to immigration levels, quotas on the number of international students Canada will accept, new rules for the Temporary Foreign Workers Program and reduction in the number of refugees admitted into Canada.
The MRN calls on everyone to join together to demand permanent resident status for all, fair treatment and equality, jobs with dignity, and to step up the fight of the working class and people for a world where the racist exploitation and abuse of migrant workers particularly from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean is brought to an end.
All Out to Make International
Migrants Day a Success!
End Canada's
Racist Immigration and Refugee Policies!
Status for All!
Montreal, November 2, 2024
This article was published in
Wednesday,
December 18, 2024
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https://cpcml.ca/ITN2024/Articles/TI54711.HTM
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