News Archives 2001

Activities

• The International Migration Programme has commissioned a project on migrant workers in Kuwait, entitled: "A Review of the Recruitment System in an International context." A survey was carried out on foreign workers and their employers in Kuwait and the results were completed in November 2001.
• "Foundations of Dignity; Currents Dynamics of Migration and the Response of International Standards" - (pdf 568 KB) keynote paper presented by Patrick Taran at International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Forum at the World Conference Against Racism and Xenophobia, Durban, September 2.
• In 2001, the International Migration Programme carried out a DFID (Department for International Development,UK) sponsored research project on Skilled Labour Migration ('the brain drain') from Developing Countries: Analysis of Impact and Policy Issues. A series of core reports have been produced along with seven country studies on the brain drain phenomena which will be published as ILO working papers.
• Advisory work was conducted in Indonesia. Following an agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Labour, ILO Migration Branch is involved in offering technical assistance.
• Senior Migation Specialist, Mr. Piyasiri Wickremasekara presented a paper at a seminar on "Immigration: International and European Framework, labour and Social Integration" organised by the International Organisation for Migration in Rome.

Publications

• Some Developmental Effects of the International Migration of Highly Skilled Persons - (pdf 377 KB)
  by B. Lindsay Lowell, ILO Geneva, 2002, IMP 46
• Policy Responses to the International Mobility of Skilled Labour - (pdf 293 KB)
  by B. Lindsay Lowell, ILO Geneva, 2002, IMP 45
• Migration of Highly Skilled Persons from Developing Countries: Impact and Policy Responses - (pdf 319 KB)
  Synthesis Report, ILO Geneva, 2002, IMP 44
• From Brain Exchange to Brain Gain: Policy Implications for the UK of Recent Trends in Skilled Migration from Developing Countries - (pdf 380 KB)
  by Allan Findlay, ILO Geneva, 2002, IMP 43
• From Temporary Guests to Permanent Settlers? From the German 'Guestworker' Programmes of the Sixties to the Current 'Green Card' Initiative for IT Specialists - (pdf 325 KB)
  by Heinz Werner, ILO Geneva, December 2001, IMP 42
• Migrants in Irregular Employment in the Mediterranean Countries of the European Union - (pdf 1 MB)
  by Emilio Reyneri, ILO, Geneva, December 2001, IMP 41
• Migration for the Benefit of All: Towards a New Paradigm for Migrant Labor - (pdf 313 KB)
  by Eric Weinstein, PH.D, ILO, Geneva, December 2001, IMP 40