Labour migration resources

March 2023

  1. Regional operational guidelines on fair and ethical recruitment in ASEAN. Improving regulation and enforcement: A resource for regulators

    09 March 2023

    The regional operational guidelines provide guidance to government regulators on fair recruitment practices, licensing private recruitment agencies, monitoring recruitment processes, and acting on complaints related to the recruitment process. Developed within the framework of the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment, these regional operational guidelines are relevant to both countries of origin and destination.

  2. © ILO 2023

    ILO launches regional operational guidelines on fair and ethical recruitment for ASEAN regulators

    09 March 2023

    New guidelines provide practical information to help regulators protect migrant workers in the region from abusive recruitment practices.

  3. TRIANGLE in ASEAN Newsletter

    08 March 2023

  4. Beyond the barriers, it’s a great feeling to become a seafarer

    08 March 2023

    Nayomi Amarasinghe is the first female seafarer Sri Lanka has ever produced. Last year, an ILO partnership with the Mahapola Port and Maritime Academy helped her to become a seafarer, landing Nayomi a job with the well renowned Carnival Cruise Line giving her a new sense of independence and purpose.

  5. Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers through Empowerment and Advocacy

    02 March 2023

    Migrant Workers Empowerment and Advocacy (MWEA) project aims to ensure that the rights of migrant workers are protected in Malaysia.

  6. Regional training to strengthen labour migration and reintegration in Western Visayas

    Local governments, Migrant Resource Centres (MRC) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) helpdesks from six provinces in Western Visayas and partners in Iloilo City gather for an ILO training through its migration programmes to strengthen interagency coordination mechanisms on fair and ethical recruitment and sustainable gender-sensitive reintegration.

February 2023

  1. Piloting national skills passport in Pakistan

    28 February 2023

    ILO’s project “Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia” (GOALS) funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) provided technical and financial support to the Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) to convene launch ceremony of piloting National Skills Passport in Pakistan.

  2. E-Newsletters of the ILO CO-Jakarta: February 2023

    28 February 2023

  3. Strengthening labour migration and reintegration in Western Visayas through Migrant Resource Centres and helpdesks

    The ILO, through the BRIDGE and Safe and Fair Programmes, and the Sub-Committee on International Migration and Development in the Philippines have collaborated to strengthen capacity and interagency coordination mechanisms on fair and ethical recruitment and sustainable gender-sensitive reintegration of migration service providers in Western Visayas.

  4. Migration in the Regional Development Plan of Western Visayas

    21 February 2023

    Engineer Arecio Casing, Jr., OIC-Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority Region VI in Western Visayas highlighted the impact of COVID-19, the role of local governments and the importance of migration in the Regional Development Plan of Western Visayas.