Books and reports

May 2004

1. ILO Migration Survey 2003: Country summaries

   31 May 2004

   Provides a summarized analysis of responses to the International Labour Migration Survey received from 93 ILO member States. Examines national labour migration policies and legislation and indicates the participation of employers' and workers' organizations in policy formulation. Summarizes multilateral and bilateral labour migration agreements and investigates the rights, benefits and social protection of regular and irregular migrant workers. Looks at regularization mechanisms for irregular migrants and national mechanisms for the protection of nationals abroad.

April 2002

1. Transformation and migration in Central and Eastern Europe

   02 April 2002

   Summarizes issues covered by the Informal Network on International Migration in Central and Eastern Europe since its establishment in 1996. Highlights international migration trends in CEE countries in the 1990s.

November 2000

1. Documenting discrimination against migrant workers in the labour market: A comparative study of four European countries

   20 November 2000

   Documents the occurrence of unlawful discrimination against migrants and ethnic minorities at the point of access to employment in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

February 2000

1. Workers without frontiers (Limp cover)

   28 February 2000

December 1999

1. Sending workers abroad: A manual on policies and procedures of special interest to middle and low income countries

   17 December 1999

   Examines the institutional and policy implications of alternative assumptions about the role played by the state and the private sector in organizing labour migration. Draws extensively on the experience of states that have sought to manage various stages of foreign employment, from regulating recruitment to insuring that workers take advantage of social security benefits.

December 1997

1. International migration statistics. Guidelines improvement of data collection systems

   02 December 1997

   The first comprehensive publication on this topic, this book aims at strengthening the capacity of countries to generate relevant and more meaningful data on international migration, which would assist in the formulation and analysis of migration policy. Topics include the international comparability of migration data, the potentials and weaknesses of existing data collection systems and the development of meaningful surveys.

May 1996

1. Employing foreign workers. A manual on policies and procedures of special interest to middle and low income countries

   13 May 1996

   Includes an appendix on the ILO's information system for legislation concerning migrant workers.