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... Each child of a migrant worker shall have the basic right of access to education on the basis of equality of treatment with nationals of the State concerned. Access to public pre-school educational institutions or schools shall not be refused or limited by reason of the irregular situation with respect to stay or employment of either parent or by reason of the irregularity of the child's stay in the State of employment. ...
... Each child of a migrant worker shall have the basic right of access to education on the basis of equality of treatment with nationals of the State concerned. Access to public pre-school educational institutions or schools shall not be refused or limited by reason of the irregular situation with respect to stay or employment of either parent or by reason of the irregularity of the child's stay in the State of employment. ...


... (a) Access to educational institutions and services subject to the admission requirements and other regulations of the institutions and services concerned; ...
... (b) Access to vocational guidance and placement services; ...
... (c) Access to vocational training and retraining facilities and institutions; ...
... (d) Access to housing, including social housing schemes, and protection against exploitation in respect of rents; ...
... (e) Access to social and health services, provided that the requirements for participation in the respective schemes are met; ...
... (f) Access to co-operatives and self-managed enterprises, which shall not imply a change of their migration status and shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the bodies concerned; ...
... (g) Access to and participation in cultural life. ...


... (a) Access to educational institutions and services, subject to the admission requirements and other regulations of the institutions and services concerned; ...
... (b) Access to vocational guidance and training institutions and services, provided that requirements for participation are met; ...
... (c) Access to social and health services, provided that requirements for participation in the respective schemes are met; ...
... (d) Access to and participation in cultural life. ...


... (a) Restrict access to limited categories of employment, functions, services or activities where this is necessary in the interests of this State and provided for by national legislation; ...
... (b) Limit access by a migrant worker to remunerated activities in pursuance of a policy of granting priority to its nationals or to persons who are assimilated to them for these purposes by virtue of legislation or bilateral or multilateral agreements. Any such limitation shall cease to apply to a migrant worker who has resided lawfully in its territory for the purpose of remunerated activity for a period of time prescribed in its national legislation that should not exceed five years. ...


... (c) Access to public work schemes intended to combat unemployment; ...
... (d) Access to alternative employment in the event of loss of work or termination of other remunerated activity, subject to article 52 of the present Convention. ...


... 2. The present Convention shall be open to accession by any State. ...
... 3. Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...


... 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following a period of three months after the date of the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. ...
... 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Convention after its entry into force, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following a period of three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession. ...


... 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States the text of reservations made by States at the time of signature, ratification or accession. ...


... 2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of the present Convention or accession thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of the present article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by that paragraph with respect to any State Party that has made such a declaration. ...