Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration

Name: Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour MigrationProtecting the Child-Parent Relationship\nAuthor(s): Rasika Jayasuriya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367462994, 978-0367462994\nSynopsis\nThis book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law. \n\nThe work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that protect the child-parent relationship and parental role in childrens lives. Combining social and legal research, it identifies both potential harms to childrens well-being caused by prolonged child-parent separation and State duties to protect this relationship, which is deliberately disrupted by temporary le