Belarus has ratified the core ILO conventions but remains outside key international agreements on the protection of migrant workers’ rights, which limits their legal protection.
National legal regulation creates complete dependence of migrant workers on a specific employer, which excludes the possibility of freely changing jobs and makes their legal status extremely vulnerable in the event of any changes in labor relations.
Legislation does not provide effective procedures for appealing decisions of employers and administrative bodies, which deprives migrants of access to fair dispute resolution and makes the restoration of violated rights extremely difficult.
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