{"id":3109,"date":"2025-08-21T21:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosyfop.ovh\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:09:35","slug":"%d8%b4%d9%83%d9%88%d9%89-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b4%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosyfop.ovh\/en\/%d8%b4%d9%83%d9%88%d9%89-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b4%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa\/","title":{"rendered":"COSYFOP Submits Complaint to the ILO over Grave Violations of Migrant Workers\u2019 Rights in Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 21 August 2025, the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) submitted a formal communication to the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR). The submission highlights alarming abuses targeting Sub-Saharan African migrant workers in Algeria, including mass arrests exceeding 1,000 individuals, as publicly acknowledged by the Ministry of National Defense on its official Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook post by Algeria\u2019s Ministry of National Defense on the arrest of migrants (August 2025).<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n

\n To view the original post on the Ministry of National Defense's Facebook page:\n Click here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

This initiative follows COSYFOP\u2019s monitoring of a new wave of abuses since late July 2025, marked in particular by coordinated smear campaigns on social media pages linked to security services. These campaigns portray migrants as a source of organized crime, terrorism, and even \u201coccupation,\u201d fueling stigmatization and hostility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complaint also documents large-scale raids and mass arrests in major cities, followed by forced deportations to Algeria\u2019s southern borders under inhumane conditions. Women, children, and even asylum seekers were among those affected. The operations extended to workplaces, including construction sites, farms, and informal markets\u2014evidence of a policy that criminalizes work instead of protecting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the labor inspectorates, their complicity is evident: they have failed to launch any investigations into the situation of migrant workers or to promote the regularization of their status. In some cases, they have even limited their role to reporting migrants directly to the security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COSYFOP denounced as scandalous the deafening silence of national human rights institutions\u2014such as the National Human Rights Council and the Algerian Red Crescent\u2014which have failed to take any meaningful action in response to these violations. At the same time, independent associations and trade unionists seeking to stand in solidarity with migrants have faced growing repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complaint was accompanied by COSYFOP\u2019s report on the situation of migrants, published on the Confederation\u2019s website in both French and English. The report contains compelling evidence\u2014including photographs, videos, and official statements\u2014demonstrating the institutional nature of the stigmatization campaign, mass arrests, and forced deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COSYFOP\u2019s Key Demands<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

COSYFOP urged the Committee of Experts in Geneva to hold the Algerian government accountable for breaching ratified ILO Conventions\u2014particularly Conventions No. 97 on migrant workers, No. 111 on discrimination, and No. 87 on freedom of association\u2014by demanding an end to mass deportations and the security-driven treatment of migrants, the formal recognition of COSYFOP\u2019s Migrant Rights Committee as the legitimate representative of migrant workers, and the strengthening of labor inspection mechanisms to monitor employment conditions and protect migrants from exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Historic Step in the Trade Union Struggle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The President of COSYFOP, Mr. Raouf Mellal, stressed that this step falls within the framework of\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cthe union\u2019s commitment to defending human dignity and workers\u2019 rights without discrimination,\u201d noting that \u201cmigrants in Algeria are living in dire conditions that call for urgent intervention by international monitoring mechanisms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This initiative represents an Algerian trade union movement that places the issue of migrants on the agenda of the International Labour Organization's Committee of Experts, thereby strengthening the internationalization of the issue and opening the door to holding Algerian authorities accountable for violating their international obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swift Response from the Committee of Experts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Committee of Experts responded swiftly to COSYFOP\u2019s complaint, confirming its receipt in a letter from the International Labour Office dated 21 August 2025. The Committee\u2019s Secretariat indicated that the substance of the complaint had been forwarded to the Algerian government for a prompt reply, and further confirmed that the case will be examined with observations and recommendations to be issued during the Committee\u2019s upcoming session in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To read more:<\/strong> Don't miss our supplementary report on COSYFOP Releases a Supplementary Report on Mass Deportation Campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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