All events: migrant workers + international migration + irregular migration + migration policy + return migration + labour migration + refugees

Domestic workers

Lebanon’s Domestic Workers’ Committee advocates for decent work by celebrating Women’s Day and Mother’s Day

The ILO and the first workers’ organisation for migrant domestic workers in the Arab region will celebrate Mother’s Day and Women’s Day to promote better conditions for domestic workers in Lebanon.

Language skills a key factor for migrant workers' empowerment

Returned migrant workers from the Middle-Eastern countries identified language skills as key factor for workers empowerment and in ensuring better working relations with the employer

Workshop

Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-national Consultation Workshop

Representatives of Ministries of Labour and National Affairs -in charge of migration issues-, workers and employers organizations from Zimbabwe and South Africa discussed on approach and activities to be developed in the framework of the Global...

Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, and GMG Chair 2014, Video-message to the 12th Coordination Meeting on International Migration

Language labs

Needs assessment for trade-specific Arabic and English language training for the workers completed

ILO has established Language Labs in partnership with the BRAC Institute of Languages (BRAC-BIL) and the Bureau of Manpower Employment & Training (BMET).

Labour migration

6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

The 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour is scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 November 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for review, discussion and exchange of best practices...

Tripartite Technical Meeting on Labour Migration

Representatives from governments, workers and employers discuss labour migration and consider possible areas for ILO intervention.

ASEAN Labour Migration Database Technical Meeting

The ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE Project is developing a Labour Migration Statistics Database that will include the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in recognition of the importance of collecting, analysing and...

New centre provides services to Jordan garment workers

An ILO-supported workers’ centre offers legal services, job skills training and improves work-life balance for thousands of garment workers in Jordan.

Innovations in Labour Migration Governance and Development Outcomes: Making Decent Work a Reality for Migrant Workers

The Government of Sweden and the ILO’s Labour Migration Branch co-hosted a High-level Breakfast Roundtable on Innovations in Labour Migration Governance and Development Outcomes: Making Decent Work a Reality for Migrant Workers, ahead of the United...

Jordan plans employment support for communities hosting Syrian refugees

The ILO and UNDP support access to employment and livelihoods in Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees.

Labour Migration

Arab and Asian trade unions discuss migrant worker rights

Trade unions, rights groups and migrant worker representatives meet in Kathmandu to enhance cooperation on Asian migration to the Arab states.

The third project steering committee meeting of the ILO labour migration project in Bangladesh

The third steering committee meeting of the Project “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh” held on 08 September 2013 at the conference room (Level 5) of the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and...

International Youth Day 2013

Panel discussion - Youth migration and development: Moving Development forward

For this year’s International Youth Day 2013, the United Nations Secretariat (DESA) and the International Labour Office (ILO), with the support of the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund Secretariat (MDG-F), are co-organizing an event to...

Mobility of health professionals between the Philippines and selected EU member states

Mobility of Health Professionals Between the Philippines and Selected EU Member States: A Policy Dialogue

Overseas employment policy

Interministerial reviews draft of the overseas employment policy 2013

An inter-ministerial meeting was held by to review the proposed draft of the Overseas Employment Policy 2013. The meeting was attended by 18 ministries, divisions and departments.

Multistakeholder workshop to share the proposed overseas employment policy 2013

The International Labour Organization (ILO) facilitated a day-long workshop organized by the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) to share the first draft of the proposed Overseas Employment Policy 2013. The initiative...

Safe migration

Intergovernmental regional seminar on promoting cooperation for safe migration and decent work

The Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) called upon the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the countries of destination to undertake a collective analysis of the issues that...

Diplomatic missions seek to better protect migrant domestic workers' rights

A meeting to discuss challenges and opportunities facing migrant domestic workers at the level of recruitment process, and understanding the role of the embassies and labour offices in assisting the workers in grievance procedures.

Diplomatic missions seek to better protect migrant domestic workers' rights

Meeting to discuss ways of promoting a more consultative dialogue to eliminate the recurrent problems facing migrant workers