A/HRC/4/24 page 20 E. Rights of migrants Question: Please specify if the law (or decisions by the courts or administrative practice) excludes or grants limited access for particular categories of non-nationals (for example, irregular migrants, children, persons admitted for limited periods, etc.) to the items detailed below: − Social security benefits; − Housing; − Health services; − Education; − Labour law (in particular indicate if domestic workers or agricultural labourers are excluded from the labour law); − Participation in unions; − Access to the justice system; in particular please specify if persons who have engaged in legal procedures and/or lodged complaints can continue to participate in such procedures once they have left the country; − Voting rights for legal immigrants in local elections. Please provide details. Responses 109. The Special Rapporteur regrets the different treatment given to non-nationals by the legislation on this issue, which could lead to discrimination. 110. In Algeria, immigrant workers benefit from the same rights as national workers, while in Argentina, non-nationals have access to education and health, regardless of their migratory status, as well as to free legal assistance (in procedures which could lead to the denial of entry or expulsion) if they do not have enough financial resources. 111. Argentina applies the law of non-discrimination, reflected in the national Constitution and under Migration Law 25.871, which does not differentiate between nationals and non-nationals. Article 6 of the Migration Law states that both regular and irregular migrants have access to education, health, right to public, national and municipal services. In addition, irregular migrants are entitled to a salary and social provisions. 112. In Australia, mainstream services such as employment, education and health care are provided by the responsible government agencies in a culturally appropriate way to their migrant and refugee clients. In addition, the Government of Australia provides a range of programmes and services to offer settlement support to new migrants and humanitarian entrants. Settlement assistance begins with providing pre-embarkation information to new migrants through the