Publications on labour migration
April 2017
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Publication
Brief: The ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
03 April 2017
As part of the wider UN response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees so as to maintain and reinforce the social and economic stability of the affected neighbouring countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt). This addresses in particular the key strategic direction of the 3RP of investing in livelihoods and employment opportunities to better equip refugees and host community members to provide for themselves and their families.
March 2017
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Working in Freedom Project
Migrant domestic and garment workers in Jordan: A baseline analysis of trafficking in persons and related laws and policies
13 March 2017
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Publication
Fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East - Global Component - Midterm Evaluation Summary
02 March 2017
Project: GLO/13/53/UKM - Evaluation consultants: Amy Jersild, Asha D'Souza, Hanan Kwinana, Jhabindra Bhandari
January 2017
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Publication
ILO Syria Crisis Response Strategy (Update: January 2017)
20 January 2017
Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees. The ILO strategy builds on its core mandate to promote employment, social dialogue, social protection and rights at work through contributing to building the resilience of host communities and refugees, strengthening institutional capacities and coordination to eliminate child labour, and supporting evidence-based policy development to ensure an employment-rich national response, embedded in the principles of decent work.
March 2016
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Meeting document
Flyer - Pilot testing a fair recruitment model from Nepal to Jordan in the apparel industry
29 March 2016
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Meeting document
Agenda - Pilot testing a fair recruitment model in the apparel industry
29 March 2016
October 2015
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Fact sheet
Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR) — Flyer
20 October 2015
August 2015
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Fair recruitment initiative: Working paper no. 2
Executive summary: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon
19 August 2015
March 2015
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Syrian refugees in Jordan
Access to work for Syrian refugees in Jordan: a discussion paper on labour and refugee laws and policies
30 March 2015
In this discussion paper, the International Labour Organization, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, seeks to develop a qualitative understanding of the legal and policy framework applicable to Syrian refugees seeking work, complimentary to the recent quantitative studies of the impact of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian labour market. This paper intends to address the contentious and multifaceted issue of access to work for Syrian refugees in Jordan.
February 2015
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Working Paper
Cooperating out of Isolation: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait
12 February 2015
While countries globally are moving towards recognizing domestic workers under their labour legislation, limited protection is provided to more than two million domestic workers working and living in the Middle East. The majority of these workers are migrant women and while for many of them, migration is an enriching experience, others face a journey of fear and unfair treatment.