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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the Government's report. It requests the Government to supply information concerning the general agreements and special arrangements on migrants for employment concuded with other States and on the practical implementation of the Convention, including:

(i) the measures taken to facilitate the departure, journey and reception of migrants for employment (Article 4 of the Convention);

(ii) the organisation and functioning of the medical services used by migrants for employment (Article 5);

(iii) the measures taken to simplify administrative formalities and to provide the necessary assistance in the settlement of migrants and their families, including the provision of interpretation services (Article 6 of Annex I);

(iv) measures to protect migrants for employment who have been admitted on a permanent basis or their families against the possibility of being returned to their country of origin (Article 8).

It also requests the Government to supply detailed information on the recruitment, placement and terms and conditions of employment of migrants recruited under government-sponsored migration group arrangements (Annex II).