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BRMM Programme

UK Commonwealth and Development Office highlights progress of Better Regional Migration Management programme in Kenya

A UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annual review mission to Kenya assessed progress under the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) programme, meeting government institutions, implementing partners, and returnee migrant...

Testing Methodology and Digital Systems for the Labour Force and Migration Survey in South Sudan

South Sudan took a decisive step toward its first nationally representative Labour Force and Migration Survey, putting survey tools, field procedures and a tablet-based data collection system through their paces in Juba, with results pointing to a...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Regulatory and Inspection Systems for Private Employment Agencies in Tanzania

Tanzania brought government, social partners, private employment agencies and civil society to the table to scrutinise how recruitment agencies are regulated in practice, surfacing gaps in inspection capacity and enforcement while pointing toward...

Enhancing Labour Migration Governance in Kenya: Assessment of the role of employersin supporting migrant workers and the existing gaps

The document assesses the role of employers in supporting migrant workers in Kenya, identifying significant gaps in governance, legal frameworks, and enforcement. It emphasizes the need for enhanced employer participation in policy-making, fair...

Labour Migration Strategy Workshop in Djibouti

Djibouti used a two-day series of high-level engagements to relaunch its national labour migration strategy, with government, social partners and international stakeholders taking stock of what the BRMM programme has built and defining what needs to...

Community Awareness Campaign Strengthens Protection of Migrant Workers in Bossaso

A week-long campaign in Bossaso cut through to migrant workers, employers, religious leaders and media alike, combining community workshops, digital outreach and multilingual materials to raise awareness of rights, surface compliance gaps and build...

Supporting Institutional Readiness of the Bossaso Migration Response Centre

Equipment and furniture handover to the Bossaso Migration Response Centre quietly did what policy alone cannot, giving frontline staff the tools to deliver timely protection, counselling and referral services to migrants navigating one of the Horn...

Labour Migration Governance in Focus: Youth and Media Engagement in Uganda

On the same day in Kampala, university students and journalists were pulled into the same conversation about labour migration from opposite ends, one through a public lecture at Makerere, the other through a media breakfast, each leaving better...

Institutionalising Labour Migration Governance Gains in Uganda

With the BRMM programme nearing its end, Uganda's tripartite partners and key stakeholders turned their attention to what comes next, working through an exit strategy designed to embed labour migration governance gains into national systems long...

Regional Workshop Validates MRC Operations Manual

The Regional Operations Manual for Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) brings together representatives from across the region to harmonise operational standards, strengthen service delivery, and enhance coordination among MRCs. The meeting provided a...

Multi-Stakeholder Workshops Translate Labour Migration Governance into Advocacy and Storytelling across Three Countries

Across three cities in ten days, policymakers, migrant workers, trade unions and civil society came together to turn BRMM's technical achievements into advocacy and storytelling, capturing the human realities of labour migration before the programme...

National Labour Migration Policy of Somalia

This book contains the National Labour Migration Policy of Somalia, marking a historic milestone as the country's first dedicated national framework for managing labour mobility. Developed with technical support from the International Labour...

National Labour Migration Policy Implementation Strategy and Action Plan of Somalia

This book is the National Labour Migration Policy Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for Somalia, developed with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) BRMM Programme. It is Somalia's first comprehensive, rights-based...

Tanzania Advances Ratification Process for Key ILO Labour Migration Conventions

Tanzania took a structured look at where its laws and practices stand against two foundational ILO conventions on migrant worker protection, with tripartite partners in Morogoro mapping the gaps and laying out a concrete path toward ratification.

Situational Analysis Report for the Development of a Gender-Responsive and Rights-Based National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan of...

This report is a Situational Analysis Report developed to serve as the foundation for creating a Gender-Responsive and Rights-Based National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan for the Federal Republic of Somalia. Commissioned by the Ministry of...

Corridor Studies: Labour Migration in the Horn and East Africa: Uganda to Saudi Arabia, Kenya to Somalia, and Ethiopia to South Sudan...

This report is a collection of Corridor Studies focused on examining the governance and dynamics of three specific labour migration pathways in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA): Uganda to Saudi Arabia, Kenya to Somalia, and Ethiopia to South...

Situation Analysis: Development of Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan for the Republic of South Sudan

This report is a Situational Analysis produced to support the development of the National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan for the Republic of South Sudan. Its purpose is to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive, rights-based migration...

Situational Analysis of the Development of Regulation for Private Employment Agencies in the Federal Republic of Somalia

This report is a Situational Analysis dedicated to the development of a national regulatory framework for Private Employment Agencies (PrEAs) in the Federal Republic of Somalia. It was produced with the technical assistance of the International...

Enhancing National Capacity in Labour and Migration Data Production in Somalia and South Sudan

Technical teams from Somalia and South Sudan spent a week in Addis Ababa getting hands-on with the building blocks of their respective Labour Force and Migration Surveys, from sampling design and digital data collection to validation workflows,...

Global training in Doha strengthens action toward fair recruitment and labour rights

The ILO, ITCILO and Qatar's Ministry of Labour brought together 60 participants from over 20 countries in Doha for a week-long training on fair recruitment, covering everything from forced labour prevention to gender and data-driven policymaking,...