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November 2012

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   Refugees

   Palestinians in Lebanon working under precarious conditions

   20 November 2012

   Restrictions in Lebanon do not exclude Palestinian refugees from the labour market but lead to exploitative conditions, a new ILO-EU study says.

July 2012

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   Video News Release

   The Job Crisis in the Eurozone

   11 July 2012

   Austerity policies designed to cut debt in the Eurozone are resulting in a steady rise in unemployment, prolonging and deepening the crisis in the single currency area, according to a report from the ILO, "Eurozone job crisis: trends and policies responses". Unemployment in the Eurozone could reach almost 22 million over the next four years, unless appropriate measures are taken to boost growth and promote job creation.

October 2010

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   Video interview

   Vocational Training: An interview with Charles Fadel

   04 October 2010

   The ILO estimates that unemployment is up by more than 30 million worldwide since 2007. The number of unemployed youth increased by 8.5 million between 2008 and 2009, the largest year-on-year increase in at least ten years. Against this sombre economic background, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems worldwide are under pressure to deal with a host of employment and workplace challenges. ILO TV spoke with Mr Charles Fadel, employer representative, Cisco Systems, United States, about how TVET systems can respond to these challenges.