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

Boosting the signal: Helping migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand

More than 80 per cent of migrant workers in Thailand are from Myanmar. A community radio has caught their ear helping them to understand Thailand’s immigration laws and advocating for their rights at work. Allan Dow reports.

Life After Europe: A fresh start for migrant workers in their homeland the Philippines

Migrant workers sometimes find overseas work not what was promised or expected. The ILO with support from the European Commission runs programmes to assist returned migrant workers from Europe. Ms Ignacio and Ms Myra Geron returned home from...

Stories from children: ILO-IPEC project to combat the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas in Thailand

The stories of Mae Lah and Dara whose their parents are migrant workers from Myanmar.

Philippine tripartite-plus stakeholders discuss ethical recruitment in the health sector

On 17 May 2012, the ILO, with the leadership of Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a participatory workshop whose goal was...

Message at the Tripartite assessment of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the ethical recruitment of health personnel

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Tripartite assessment of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the ethical recruitment of health personnel, Pasig City, Philippines, 17 May 2012

ILO & UNHCR plan to address Decent Work Deficits of Afghan Refugee and Host Communities in Pakistan

Islamabad: The tri-partite stake holders endorsed the broad joint strategy of ILO- UNHCR to provide support to workers from Afghan Refugees and Host Communities under the Afghan Management and Repatriation Strategy.

Protecting the health rights of Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities

Although the Government of Indonesia has issued a number of regulations concerning migrant workers and gender mainstreaming, significant challenges still hamper the development of effective policy and regulations for the protection of migrant...

Sustainable reintegration services for Thai, Filipino migrants showcased in ILO-EU conference

Sustainable return and reintegration support services for Thai and Filipino migrant workers were showcased in a Conference today, held under the auspices of a technical cooperation project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO),...

Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in Nusa Tenggara Timur

Despite of the importance of the role of domestic workers, domestic work is still not recognized as work. Since their work is done in private households, which are not considered work places in many countries, their employment relationship is not...

Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in North Sumatra

The great majority of domestic workers are female with low educational levels; they mainly come from poor families in rural communities. Apart from adult domestic workers, one of the most common child labour forms found in Indonesia is child...

Providing better economic protection to Indonesian migrant workers

Indonesian migrant workers and their families need to have a good understanding about the financial implications of migration, including the earnings, costs and deductions inherent in placement and employment overseas, as well as hazards and...

Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in South Sulawesi

To address issues related to domestic workers and child domestic workers and as an effort to provide recognition to domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and SmartFM Makassar, a leading radio station in Makassar, will...

Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in West Java

According to an ILO study in 2004, there were an estimated 2,593,399 domestic workers in Indonesia; of these, 1.4 million domestic workers were estimated to work in Java alone. The great majority of domestic workers are female with low educational...

Examining ratification of international migrant workers instruments

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,...

Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in East Java

Domestic workers also represent the single largest group of female salaried workers toiling away in households of others in their own country or abroad. Despite of the importance of the role of domestic workers, domestic work is still not recognized...

ILO meets Philippine embassy officials, trade unions, migrant groups in Paris, Rome

PARIS, FRANCE—Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO) conducted meetings at the Philippine Embassies in Paris and Rome this month to validate the results of the European Union (EU)-funded research that sought to improve...

Interview with Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

Tim Lyons, who was the Workers' group spokesperson at the 15th ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, talks about the situation of workers in Fiji, the promotion of ILO Conventions in Australia, and what the Australian Council of Trade Unions...

Opening address at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/ community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in Thailand and the...

Skills training holds rural families, communities together

Story of Tran Thi Thanh, a 43-year-old grandmother in My Loc, who acquired her first-ever passport and will use it to find work in Taiwan as a domestic worker.

Technical Training Course Labour Statistics and Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific

A first for the Pacific technical training on LMIA in the Pacific.