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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations on the basis of migrant status?
Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
The term “migrant status” includes references to ‘internal migrants’, ‘foreign migrant workers’, ‘immigrant status’, ‘foreign citizens’, and ‘economic migrants.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “migrant status” captures all of these definitions.
Terminations
includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discriminatory terminations or dismissals from the workplace, or guarantees of continuance of employment.
No prohibition
means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in terminations on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.
General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
means that legislation prohibits discrimination in terminations generally— for example, by prohibiting discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of migrant status.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of migrant status, but does not explicitly address terminations. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.
Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory terminations on the basis of migrant status, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of migrant status alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory termination to all workers.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Mauritania
- No prohibition
Mauritius
- No prohibition
Federated States of Micronesia
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
Morocco
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Nepal
- No prohibition
Niger
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Norway
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Panama
- No prohibition
Kiribati
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Luxembourg
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Lesotho
- No prohibition
Libya
- No prohibition
Liechtenstein
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Honduras
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Trinidad and Tobago
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
United Arab Emirates
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
United States of America
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Vietnam
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Zambia
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
St. Lucia
- No prohibition
Paraguay
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
Rwanda
- No prohibition
Samoa
- No prohibition
San Marino
- No prohibition
Sao Tome and Principe
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Singapore
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
Spain
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
Zimbabwe
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
El Salvador
- No prohibition
Fiji
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Australia
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
Austria
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Denmark
- No prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- No prohibition
Croatia
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Belarus
- No prohibition
France
- No prohibition
Canada
- No prohibition
Greece
- No prohibition
Guyana
- No prohibition
Guinea
- No prohibition
Guatemala
- No prohibition
Algeria
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Bolivia
- No prohibition
Grenada
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Bhutan
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Burundi
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
The Gambia
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Costa Rica
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Eswatini
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Burkina Faso
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Peru
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Syria
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Brazil
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Switzerland
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
South Africa
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Botswana
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Albania
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Andorra
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Turkey
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Ecuador
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Latvia
- General prohibition of discrimination in terminations
Kyrgyzstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Russian Federation
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Central African Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Gabon
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mozambique
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Republic of Korea
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Germany
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Czech Republic
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Kazakhstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Italy
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Guinea-Bissau
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Venezuela
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Finland
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Uzbekistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Colombia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Tajikistan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Argentina
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Chile
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status
Armenia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ukraine
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Uganda
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Turkmenistan
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Angola
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Timor-Leste
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Azerbaijan
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Belize
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Comoros
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Iraq
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Israel
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Georgia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Lithuania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ethiopia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Malawi
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Eritrea
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Maldives
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Malta
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Mexico
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Chad
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cambodia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cabo Verde
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Portugal
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Djibouti
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Poland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
New Zealand
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Cyprus
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Namibia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Liberia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
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