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Does legislation explicitly prohibit indirect discrimination on the basis of migrant status?
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.
Indirect discrimination
indicates a prohibition of imposing standards, criteria, or other requirements that disproportionately impact persons on the basis of migrant status and have the effect of discrimination on this basis. In these cases, legislation either explicitly prohibits indirect discrimination, or prohibits the imposition of unreasonable requirements that particularly disadvantage persons on the basis of migrant status. Legislative prohibitions of indirect discrimination may extend across any aspect of work, or specific aspects of work such as hiring.
No prohibition
means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting indirect discrimination on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.
General prohibition of indirect discrimination
means that legislation prohibits indirect discrimination generally— for example, by prohibiting indirect discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be indirectly discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of migrant status.
Yes, prohibition on the basis of migrant status
means that legislation extends an explicit prohibition of indirect discrimination on the basis of migrant status.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Algeria
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Angola
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Antigua and Barbuda
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Argentina
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Australia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Austria
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Bahamas
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Bahrain
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Bangladesh
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Barbados
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Belarus
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Belize
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Benin
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Bhutan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Bolivia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Botswana
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Brazil
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Brunei
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Burkina Faso
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cambodia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cameroon
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Canada
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cabo Verde
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Central African Republic
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Chad
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Chile
- No indirect discrimination provisions
China
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Colombia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Comoros
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Republic of the Congo
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Costa Rica
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cote d'Ivoire
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cuba
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Cyprus
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Denmark
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Djibouti
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Dominica
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Dominican Republic
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Ecuador
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Egypt
- No indirect discrimination provisions
El Salvador
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Equatorial Guinea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Eritrea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Ethiopia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Fiji
- No indirect discrimination provisions
France
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Gabon
- No indirect discrimination provisions
The Gambia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Germany
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Ghana
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Greece
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Greenland
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Grenada
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Guatemala
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Guinea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Guinea-Bissau
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Guyana
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Haiti
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Honduras
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Iceland
- No indirect discrimination provisions
India
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Indonesia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Iran
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Iraq
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Israel
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Jamaica
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Japan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Jordan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Kazakhstan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Kiribati
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Republic of Korea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Kuwait
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Kyrgyzstan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Lebanon
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Lesotho
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Libya
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Liechtenstein
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Luxembourg
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Madagascar
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Malawi
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Malaysia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Maldives
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mali
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Malta
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Marshall Islands
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mauritania
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mauritius
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mexico
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Micronesia, Federated States of
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Monaco
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mongolia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Morocco
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Mozambique
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Myanmar
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Namibia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Nauru
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Nepal
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Nicaragua
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Niger
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Nigeria
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Norway
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Oman
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Pakistan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Palau
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Panama
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Papua New Guinea
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Paraguay
- No indirect discrimination provisions
The Philippines
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Qatar
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Rwanda
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Samoa
- No indirect discrimination provisions
San Marino
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Saudi Arabia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Senegal
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Seychelles
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Sierra Leone
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Singapore
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Solomon Islands
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Somalia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
South Sudan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Spain
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Sri Lanka
- No indirect discrimination provisions
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No indirect discrimination provisions
St. Lucia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Sudan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Suriname
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Sweden
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Switzerland
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Syria
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Tajikistan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Thailand
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Togo
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Tonga
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Trinidad and Tobago
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Tunisia
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Türkiye
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Turkmenistan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Tuvalu
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Uganda
- No indirect discrimination provisions
United Arab Emirates
- No indirect discrimination provisions
United States of America
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Uruguay
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Uzbekistan
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Vanuatu
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Venezuela
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Vietnam
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Yemen
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Zimbabwe
- No indirect discrimination provisions
Albania
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Armenia
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Croatia
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Laos
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Latvia
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Peru
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
South Africa
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Eswatini
- General prohibition of indirect discrimination
Andorra
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Azerbaijan
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Belgium
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Bulgaria
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Burundi
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Czech Republic
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Estonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Finland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Georgia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Hungary
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ireland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Italy
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Kenya
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Liberia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Lithuania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
North Macedonia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Moldova
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Montenegro
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
The Netherlands
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
New Zealand
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Poland
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Portugal
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Romania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Russian Federation
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Sao Tome and Principe
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Serbia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovakia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Slovenia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Tanzania
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Timor-Leste
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Ukraine
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
United Kingdom
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
Zambia
- Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition
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