cation of such documents shall take place without delivery of a detailed
receipt. In no case shall it be permitted to destroy the passport or equivalent document of a migrant worker or a member of his or her family.
Article 22
1. Migrant workers and members of their families shall not be subject
to measures of collective expulsion. Each case of expulsion shall be examined and decided individually.
2. Migrant workers and members of their families may be expelled from
the territory of a State Party only in pursuance of a decision taken by the
competent authority in accordance with law.
3. The decision shall be communicated to them in a language they understand. Upon their request where not otherwise mandatory, the decision shall be communicated to them in writing and, save in exceptional
circumstances on account of national security, the reasons for the decision
likewise stated. The persons concerned shall be informed of these rights
before or at the latest at the time the decision is rendered.
4. Except where a final decision is pronounced by a judicial authority,
the person concerned shall have the right to submit the reason he or she
should not be expelled and to have his or her case reviewed by the competent authority, unless compelling reasons of national security require
otherwise. Pending such review, the person concerned shall have the right
to seek a stay of the decision of expulsion.
5. If a decision of expulsion that has already been executed is subsequently annulled, the person concerned shall have the right to seek compensation according to law and the earlier decision shall not be used to
prevent him or her from re-entering the State concerned.
6. In case of expulsion, the person concerned shall have a reasonable
opportunity before or after departure to settle any claims for wages and
other entitlements due to him or her and any pending liabilities.
7. Without prejudice to the execution of a decision of expulsion, a migrant worker or a member of his or her family who is subject to such a decision may seek entry into a State other than his or her State of origin.
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