Resources on labour migration

  1. Event

    The Publication Workshop: Fourth-year Evaluation of Recruitment Agencies’ Compliance with the VAMAS Code of Conduct

    This workshop is to recognize and publicize the rating (evaluation) of 88 recruitment agencies’ compliance with the VAMAS’s Code of Conduct.

  2. Publication

    Safeguarding the Rights of Asian Migrant Workers from Home to the Workplace

    22 March 2017

  3. Publication

    Progress of the implementation of recommendations adopted at the 3rd – 8th ASEAN Forums on Migrant Labour: Background paper to the 9th AFML

    22 March 2017

  4. Upcoming event

    The Meeting for the Development of the Workplan to Implement the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) - Malaysia Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

    The MOU aims on increasing protection of Vietnamese migrant workers in Malaysia

  5. Event

    The Tripartite plus Consultation Workshop on the Draft Amendment of the Prime Minister Decision 144/2007/NĐ-CP dated 31 August 2007 on Establishment, Management and Unitization of the Overseas Supporting Fund

    This will support for the process of finalization the draft amendment of the Decision before submitting to the Prime Minister for approval on December 2016.

  6. Labour migration

    Gender equality in labour migration law, policy and management (GEM Toolkit)

    16 September 2016

    The Gender equality in labour migration laws, policy and management GEM Toolkits is a set of nine practical tools, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to facilitate the implementation of gender mainstreaming strategies in labour migration and related employment, social protection, and equality laws, policies, programmes, projects, as well as in day-to-day labour migration management practices.

  7. Labour migration

    Regional guidelines on the return and reintegration of migrant workers participating in the Employment Permit System of the Republic of Korea

    25 August 2016

    Since 2012, the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme labour migration component has focused on migration and development. Research and national and regional workshops have focused on return and reintegration, leading to the development and adoption of these Regional Guidelines on Return and Reintegration Programmes.

  8. Labour migration

    Smart remittance guide for workers migrating to the Republic of Korea

    25 August 2016

    The Smart Remittance Guide has been prepared for migrant workers to inform them of the procedures to send remittances from the Republic of Korea through regular channels. The purpose of distributing this information is to improve migrant workers’ ability to send home remittances in a safe, cost-conscious, and transparent manner. Since 2012, the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme labour migration component has focused on migration and development. Research on remittance service in the Republic of Korea and remittance sending patterns of migrant workers in the Republic of Korea have led to the production of this brochure.

  9. Event

    The National Tripartite Preparatory Meeting for the 9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

    The 9th AFML will carry the overall theme: “Better Quality of Life for ASEAN Migrant Workers through Strengthened Social Protection”.

  10. Event

    The Training on Ethical and Gender-Responsive Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers in Viet Nam (Ethical Recruitment Appreciation Course)

    Training on ethical recruitment, incorporating a gender-sensitive approach and a focus on the experiences of women migrant workers, will be undertaken with recruitment agencies and relevant government regulatory bodies in Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam.