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Report

Emergency evacuation response plan for Sri Lankan migrants

As more and more Sri Lankans migrate for employment, safeguards are required to ensure their safety, health and support in crises contexts. This report presents a comprehensive emergency evacuation response plan tailored to the unique circumstances...

Fair recruitment

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh: Digitised management of recruitment agencies

This document highlights promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh with a focus on the use of digital technology for increased management of recruitment agencies and facilitating access to labour justice.

Fair recruitment

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Nepal: Digitisation of labour migration processes for increased harmonization and oversight

This document highlights promising practices for fair recruitment in Nepal with a focus on the use of digital technology for increased harmonisation and oversight of migration processes.

Migrant health

Philippine health laws and policies relevant to Overseas Filipinos and their families: Mapping and rapid analysis

The study highlights gaps in Philippine migrant health laws, urging reforms to better protect Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Enhancing the effectiveness of legal pathways for labour migration in ASEAN

Thematic background paper for the 16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

Country Office for the Horn of Africa

ILO CO Addis Ababa: Annual Report 2023

The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan’s Annual Report for 2023 highlights significant achievements in promoting social justice, decent work, and inclusive growth across the region. Key milestones include...

Policy Brief

Statistics on Labour Migration in Tanzania

This policy brief highlights the importance of labour migration statistics for data-driven decision-making and improved migration governance. It discusses Tanzania’s role as both a source and destination country for migrants, the challenges faced by...

EU-India initiatives in skilling and mobility for the ICT sector: Background paper

Under the Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (Phase II), a background paper to map the existing mobility pathways for ICT professionals in the EU-India Corridor was developed. This paper was presented at the Digital Skills and the...

Celebrating 10 years of progress

Fair Recruitment Initiative: Paving the way for decent work

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Fair Recruitment Initiative, the ILO has documented progress and lessons learned to identify key achievements, gaps, emerging challenges and future priorities.

Labour migration

Migrant workers in the care economy

Migrant workers – especially migrant women – form a critical component of care infrastructures and workforces around the world. However labour migration governance frameworks and protection regimes do not always effectively respond to labour market...

Fair recruitment

Recruitment fees and related costs at a glance

This brochure presents key insights on global and regional data and trends on recruitment fees and related costs, including crucial information on measuring recruitment fees and related costs.

Fair recruitment

Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

The second edition of the Global Study is a review of 110 countries across all five regions to document current regulatory approaches and experience on the recruitment fees and related costs. It assesses progress, challenges, and regulatory gaps and...

Fair recruitment

Executive Summary - Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

This executive summary synthesizes the key finding of the second edition of the Global Study. It presents the trends concerning recruitment fees and related costs for countries, businesses, trade unions, and other recruitment stakeholders, as well...

Case studies in international labour migration statistics

Promoting the use of administrative data sources for international labour migration statistics in Korea

This case study highlights how national frameworks in the Republic of Korea, including legislation, interagency coordination, and IT systems for secure data sharing, have increased the use of administrative data for international labor migration...

Case studies in international labour migration statistics

Measuring international labour migration in the Republic of Korea

This case study contributes to the ongoing revision of the ICLS Guidelines on statistics of international labour migration (2018) by demonstrating the value of different data sources in the Republic of Korea, including the population census,...

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting#3

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and South East Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this...

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Final Report

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. This report is a...

Brochure

10 questions: Migrant fishers

This postcard aims to offer migrant fishers key guiding questions to help them gather essential information before starting their job at sea.

Workers’ organizations responding to the needs of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons

This report explores the role of workers' organizations in supporting refugees and forcibly displaced persons within the framework of the ILO PROSPECTS programme. It highlights the organisations' efforts to promote decent work, non-discrimination,...

A Research Study

Barriers to Effective Labour Mobility in the African Leather Industry