LABOUR Hundreds of undocumented workers on strike in Paris On 25 October, some 200 undocumented workers began a strike in Paris to denounce their poor working conditions and ask for the regularisation of their residence and employment status. The workers include delivery personnel, kitchen porters, construction workers, and street cleaners, and were supported by the French trade union CGT. Trade unions highlight that applying for regularisation in local prefectures is particularly difficult, as the workers need to prove that they have lived in France for a certain number of years and that an employer is ready to hire them. ILO urges governments to extend social protection to migrant workers and their families In a new guide for policymakers and practitioners, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) calls on states to improve access to social protection for migrants. The guide has a specific section on migrant workers in an irregular situation and sets out to what extent undocumented migrants have rights to social protection under the international human rights framework, in particular in terms of the right to health, rights and benefits accrued through past employment, and benefits in the case of occupational injury. It provides examples of various measures taken and recommends universal social protection especially to migrant workers that often face specific barriers, in particular seasonal, domestic and undocumented workers. European Parliament calls for EU action on labour migration The Committee responsible for migration in the European Parliament has addressed recommendations to the European Commission to reform and adopt legislation to increase avenues for people from outside the EU to migrate to work in the region, across all types of skills. The report underlines that these new avenues should ensure decent working conditions and reduce the exploitation of third-country workers, in particular by improving possibilities to change employer. The MEPs also support the Commission’s proposal to reduce the number of years required to access long-term resident status in the EU and improve intra-EU mobility for settled migrant workers and their families. The Commission is expected to publish some measures on labour migration, the so-called ‘Talent and Skills Package’, in early 2022.