Accord No. 000244, 30 June 1988.
This Accord publishes in the Registro Oficial the text of the Andean Instrument on Labour Migration, adopted by the National Congress of Ecuador on 24 June 1987.  Under the Instrument, member countries are not to impede the entry and departure of migrant workers who have been contracted in conformity with the Instrument and the immigration laws of the country of immigration.  Migrant workers are not to be discriminated against on the basis of race, sex, religion, or nationality and are to have, in general, the same rights of workers of the country of immigration.  Workers and their families are also to have the same rights as nationals to education, housing, health care, and social security.  Further provisions of the Instrument set forth specific rules with respect to temporary workers, border workers, and undocumented workers.
D000569:Americas; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004484:Ecuador; D004493:Education; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D005843:Geography; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D006798:Housing; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011287:Prejudice; D011640:Public Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012940:Social Problems; D012943:Social Security; D013020:South America; D014171:Transients and Migrants
Americas; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Ecuador; Education--legal aspects; Family Policy; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services--legal aspects; Housing--legal aspects; Labor Migration--legal aspects; Latin America; Legislation; Migration; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Sex Discrimination--legal aspects; Social Discrimination--legal aspects; Social Policy; Social Problems; Social Security--legal aspects; South America; Spatial Distribution; Treaties