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"Migrant workers are an asset to every country where they bring their labour. Let us give them the dignity they deserve as human beings and the respect they deserve as workers" - Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO.
The ILO is the only United Nations agency with a constitutional mandate to protect migrant workers, and this mandate has been re-affirmed by the 1944 Declaration of Philadelphia and the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. It has been dealing with labour migration issues since its inception in 1919. It has pioneered international Conventions to guide migration policy and protection of migrant workers. All major sectors of the ILO - standards, employment, social protection and social dialogue - work on labour migration within its overarching framework of 'decent work for all'. ILO adopts a rights-based approach to labour migration and promotes tripartite participation (governments, employers and workers) in migration policy.
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- International Migrants Day 18 December 2007 -
Message by Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO -
(pdf file)
"Gains from migration and protection of migrant rights are inseparable" said Mr.
Juan Somavia, highlighting the enormous
contributions made by women and men migrant workers to the
prosperity of their home and destination countries, on the
occasion of International Migrants Day, 18 December.
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Interview with Mr. Ibrahim Awad, Director, ILO International Migration Programme, on a rights-based approach to managing migration - 20 November 2007 -
Mr. Ibrahim Awad reiterates the ILO message that "we should all strive to have international migration work for
the benefit of the countries of origin, country of destination and migrant workers".
- The ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration -
(pdf 249 KB)
The ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration: Non-binding principles and guidelines for a
rights-based approach to
labour migration aims to assist governments, social partners and stakeholders
in their efforts to regulate labour
migration and protect migrant workers. It provides a comprehensive set of rights-based guidelines and principles so
as a global compilation of good practices on labour migration developed by governments and social partners.
The Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration is also available in
French - (pdf 294 KB)
• Spanish
(pdf 363 KB)
• Arabic
(pdf 658 KB)
• Chinese
(pdf 1,12 MB)
• Russian (pdf 2,27 MB).
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