ABSTRACT
The concluding chapter reasserts the central proposition that restrictive features of temporary labour migration create unnecessary and unjustified interferences with children’s rights that protect the child-parent relationship under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It reflects on the wealth of social science evidence presented throughout the book, which demonstrates that the protracted lengths of child-parent separation that are a structural feature of temporary labour migration can have potentially harmful non-economic impacts on children’s rights, best interests and well-being. It urges further research on the social impacts of parental migration to properly understand the benefits and costs for children and communities in labour-sending countries, and to identify appropriate strategies to mitigate detrimental effects. The conclusion highlights a growing awareness among States about the potential negative impacts of low-waged temporary labour migration on children, families and communities, as reflected in views captured throughout the book. It stresses the need to bring children’s rights and voices, which have been largely overlooked in dominant discourses, into global policy discussions on temporary labour migration.
