THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Summary/Abstract: Migrant workers can experience a range of human and labour rights violations within Europe. One of the common challenges facing migrant workers relates to their pay and conditions. Migrant workers that engage the services of labour recruiters to find work abroad are often more vulnerable to exploitation. This can be linked to a lack of regulation and/or oversight of recruitment practices both within and outside Europe, which has contributed to the prevalence of poor business practices and the emergence of informal brokers and other intermediaries. The legitimization and consequently the protection of fundamental human rights are part of a long evolutionary path, which takes them from state constitutional traditions to the international legal panorama. The protection of fundamental rights culminates with the Lisbon reform and the integration of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in treaties.The Union plays a fundamental role for the protection of human rights, not only towards member countries, but also towards third countries However, despite the efforts made, there is still a wide panorama of possibilities to be implemented, to guarantee an action more coherent and effective. The evolution of the protection of human rights within the Union has led to the fact that the organization has set itself the objective of guaranteeing the same protection in the countries with which it concludes international agreements and how this guarantee must necessarily be ensured in the future with further efforts on the part of the Union, but there are still many issues that affect the continuity in the level of protection currently guaranteed by the EU in the field of human rights.

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