Resolution on Explustion of African Workers from Europe

CM/Res. 765(XXXIII) Rev. 1

RESOLUTION ON EXPLUSTION OF AFRICAN WORKERS FROM EUROPE

The Council of Ministers of the organization of African Unity meeting in its Thirty- third Ordinary Session in Monrovia, Liberia, from 6 to 20 July 1979;

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the Proceedings of the Fourth Session of the OAU Labour Commission – Doc. CM/975 (XXXIII);

Alarmed by the plight of African Workers in Europe as regards their conditions of life and work, and threatened expulsion;

Recalling resolutions adopted by the Fourth General Council of the OATUU and the 65^th Session of the International Labour conference;

Appreciative of the role to be played by the OAU in the field of Labour Migration;

Noting the stand taken by the OATUU and some International Trade Union Organizations against the maltreatment and discrimination of foreign workers in Europe:

1. DEPLORES the maltreatment and discrimination to which African Workers in Europe are subjected;

2. APPEALS to the European authorities concerned to rescind or reconsider their decision aimed at expelling African Workers from Europe and to apply the ILO Convention on equal treatment of national and non-national workers;

3. REQUESTS the European Authorities concerned to accord similar treatment to African nationals in the law and practice such as social security, leave with pay, sickness insurance and housing;

4. CALLS UPON the Secretaries-General of the OAU and take OATUU as well as the Director-General of the ILO to make a joint study on the conditions of life and work of African Workers in Europe;