This research is aimed to study the legal nature of the main international treaties regulating international labor migration, the specifics of consolidating the concept of “migrant worker” in universal and regional international agreements. In accordance with this, the author determined the content of international acts, conducted a review of international universal and regional treaties that regulate the main categories of labor migration. Author concludes that the international legal regulation of the status of a migrant worker is the recognition of his legal personality, the concept of “migrant worker” enshrined in international treaties is intended for the category of migrant workers who are present and work in the state of residence only on legal grounds, the absence of the term “illegal labor migrant” in international treaties is a gap in international law.

Migration, migrant worker, international treaty

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