Report of the ILO Expert Group Meeting for the Economic and Social Empowerment of Thai and Filipino Migrants including victims of Trafficking Returned from EU and Neighboring Countries Project

A total of 22 individual experts coming from governments, Academic Institutions, NGOs, Trade Union, International Organizations, the ILO and the EU delegation in Thailand were present at the two day advisory group meeting for the project entitled “Economic and Social Empowerment of Thai and Filipino Migrants including Victims of Trafficking Returned from EU and Neighboring Countries”.

Record of proceedings | Bangkok, Thailand | 03 December 2009
The objectives of the meeting were to:
• To expand the knowledge base on the services and situation of migrant workers from Thailand and the Philippines;
• Identify the main challenges for the design and delivery of better R&R services;
• To discuss how to strengthen cooperation between sending and receiving countries;
• Identify priority areas for follow up action; and
• Input to the background paper from the experts present at the meeting.