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July 2012

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   Video interview

   Migrant workers: Hidden victims of the economic crisis

   19 July 2012

   Migrant workers are the hidden victims of the economic crisis, especially in the Eurozone. Thousands have lost jobs in construction and other sectors that were heavily dependent on them in boom times. Now unable to send enough money back home,growing numbers rely on the informal economy to get by, according to Steven Tobin, Senior Economist at the International Institute for Labour Studies.

December 2010

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   Video interview

   Labour Migrants and the Impact of the Economic Crisis, an interview with ILO's Gloria de Pascual

   17 December 2010

   ILO TV interviews Gloria de Pascual, Chief of the ILO International Migration Branch, about a new study issued by the ILO and OSCE. The report, "Strengthening Migration Governance" examines ways of strengthening migration governance through international cooperation to prevent the negative impacts of the economic and social crisis on migrant workers.