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

Migrant Workers and Business: Challenges and Opportunities

Monday, 11 February 2013 and Friday, 1 March 2013 - Webinars convened by the ILO and UN Global Compact Office

Addressing Youth, Employment and Migration Issues through Joint Programming

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations will host an event co-sponsored by the ILO and the Secretariat of the MDG Achievement Fund, “Addressing Youth, Employment and Migration Issues through Joint Programming”, to share good practices...

Call for Contributions to the United Nations World Youth Report 2013 - Youth Migration and Development

The UN Focal Point on Youth will organize a number of interactive activities, among them, an online survey, an e-consultation, a Google+ Hangout with young people and experts.

Launch of the Pacific Growth and Employment Project

A two year programme under the umbrella of the Decent Work Agenda of the Australian - ILO Partnership Agreement

Workshop to present and discuss the results of the labour force survey of Palestinians living in refugee camps and selected gatherings in...

The workshop will basically present and discuss the survey results. It aims to have focused deliberations over the labour force data and suggest means for efficient utilization of this information in advocating for better employment conditions and...

DWAB Online Photo Competition

The purpose of the photography competition is to capture images related to migration from the perspective of young health professionals and increase the awareness of Filipinos on decent work, safe and ethical migration particularly of health...

5th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

The 5th ASEAN Forum was held from 9 to 10 October 2012 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The theme of the 5th AFML was the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers: Towards Effective Recruitment Practices and Regulations.

Promoting Migrant Workers' Rights in Jordan: Dialogue with Foreign Missions and Consulates

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) will be organizing a two-day dialogue meeting with foreign affairs missions and consulates in Jordan to build transnational alliances to promote and protect the rights...

Online Discussion on Circular Migration

Promoting Decent Work for Migrant Health Professionals

The EU funded Decent Work Across Borders: A pilot project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers was launched on 6 July 2012 in Manila. The project's advisory committee composed of representatives of the government, employers, trade...

Philippine Tripartite-plus Stakeholders Assessment Workshop on Ethical Recruitment in the Health Sector

Conduct of a workshop to gather relevant stakeholders and their inputs to the Country Report based on the Code of Practice monitoring worksheets.

Participatory Approach in the Monitoring of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

Conduct of preliminary meetings to orient five groups of stakeholders on Code of Practice and the monitoring tool.

Returned migrant workers

Going Back, Moving On-Final Project Conference

The ILO-EU Project on “Economic and Social Empowerment of Migrants, Including Victims of Trafficking Returned from the European Union (EU) and Neighbouring Countries” (Thailand and the Philippines) will have a Final Project Conference in Manila on...

Awareness-Raising Activity on the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers: Series of Thematic Discussions on Migrant Workers Issue

For this particular program, ILO Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers and SMART FM opt 3 (three) topics for series of discussions on the issue of labour migration. The topics are Policy development, Economic...

Local service providers to effectively respond to migrants' needs

Training-workshop for Local Service Providers to Effectively Respond to Migrants' Needs

The ILO-EU Return and Reintegration Project will conduct training-workshops for OFW/Migrants’ Desk Officers and/or Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers, as well as other relevant officials from the Provincial Governments of Ilocos Sur...

Provincial Awareness Raising Events: Media Briefings and Broadcast Events on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

To address these issues, it is crucial for the media to focus and influence attitudes on domestic workers’ conditions among decision-makers, employers and the public in general.

Interactive Talkshow: “The Long Journey of Justice for Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As the second largest sending country, some 700.000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009,...

Photo Exhibition on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the ILO in collaboration with Sim Chi Yin, a Singaporean photojournalist who is now based in Beijing, China, have developed a photo essay titled...

Launch of Photo Essay on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is going to launch a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers” in...

Training of Trainers on HIV/AIDS and Migrant Workers for Pre-Departure Orientation Instructors

Due to the lack of HIV/AIDS education for migrant workers, the ILO is organized this training to build the capacity of the pre-departure instructors as an effort to provide adequate information to migrant workers through all migration cycle from...