Labor Directorate “Labor Migration : Contributions

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Labor Directorate “Labor Migration : Contributions from the Ministries of Labor of the Americas” San José de Costa Rica July 13-14 2017 Ana Bell Jaras Santiago de Chile, July 2017 Panel 2: Protecting the Labor Rights of Migrant Workers General Background Chile has become a new center of attraction for migrant workers in Latin America. In recent years, the foreign population living in the country doubled, from 154,643 foreigners in 2006 (1% of the total population) to 465,319 in 2015 (2.7% of the total population). (DEM) Migrations are part of the Government Program for the period 2014-2018. The program promotes the development of a migration policy and culture based on the promotion and application of the international instruments ratified by Chile on Human Rights and Migrants, with the State’s active role in settlement actions, regular residence, protection of victims of trafficking and migrant development. In November 2015, the Migration Policy Council was constituted as a presidential advisory commission and the Technical Council for Migration Policy, with a double mandate: to revise the draft migration law prepared by the Ministry of Interior and Public Security and to prepare a Plan of Action on migration. In 2015 a Presidential Instruction was issued that states: "Employment as a Mechanism of Social Insertion." The Government should promote, on an equal basis with Chilean workers, the labor and social protection rights of migrant workers and their families, irrespective of their migratory status. Moreover, labor initiatives will aim to encourage regularization of Migration, the formalization of labor relations and co-responsibility between employers and employees. It reinforces the need for State services, especially those related to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, "to generate goals and indicators that will make it possible to operate the axes and guidelines of the instructions with the ultimate purpose of making public state management in migratory matters“ As a consequence, the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Migrants and International Affairs was created by Decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, in which all dependent institutions participate, with the objective of providing the technical inputs for the preparation of plans, programs and initiatives that The MINTRAB implement on this subject. Ministry of Labor The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Migration and International Affairs is created by Decree MINTRAB It is chaired by the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare and its permanent members are the ten heads of service of this