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Labour migration

Recommendations from the Malaysia National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop (20 September 2022)

These are the Malaysia national recommendations for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Thailand National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop (19 September 2022)

These are the Thailand national recommendations for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Cambodia National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop (18 August 2022)

These are the Cambodia national recommendations for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

ILO Voices | Domestic workers

Domestic workers need social protection too

What motivates someone to advocate for workers’ rights? Meet Champa, head of a network of migrant domestic workers, who lives and works in Thailand.

Migrant workers

Labour Act exclusion leads to low pay and challenging conditions for migrant workers in Thai agricultural sector

ILO survey highlights how pre-COVID-19 working conditions were already difficult for migrant workers in the Thai sugarcane, rubber, oil palm and maize industries.

Labour migration

Key facts on working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand

Labour migration

Working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand: A survey of migrants working on Thai sugarcane, rubber, oil palm...

Thailand's agriculture sector increasingly depends on migrant workers from Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Myanmar. This report, based on a survey of migrant workers and interviews with migrant workers and key informants, sheds...

Migrant workers

Measuring labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the ILO’s International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database

This report presents the latest statistics on international labour migration in ASEAN.

ILO Voices | Labour migration

We stand up for our labour rights

Sai Sai is a migrant construction worker in Chiang Mai, a city in Northern Thailand. Under Thai legislation, migrant workers were not allowed to do skilled construction work. Sai Sai along with other migrant workers and local organizations worked...

ILO Migrant Worker Resource Centre (MRC) Map

The ILO delivers assistance directly to migrant workers and their communities through a network of Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) across the ASEAN region. These MRCs are managed in partnership with government institutions, trade unions and...

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future

Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

Labour migration

Recommendations of the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

These are the recommendations of the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour, held at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam and virtual on 6 and 8 September 2021.

COVID-19

Relief provided to 4,500 return migrant workers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The Lao Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare will distribute urgently needed food, hygiene items and information about local employment opportunities to returning migrant workers at quarantine centres, with the support of the International Labour...

Labour migration

Employer’s recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

These are the Employer's recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Workers' recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

These are the Workers' recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Civil Society recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

These are the Civil Society recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Lao PDR National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop

These are the Lao PDR national recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Viet Nam National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop

These are the Viet Nam national recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Thailand National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop

These are the Thailand national recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.

Labour migration

Recommendations from the Indonesia National Tripartite Preparatory Workshop

These are the Indonesia national recommendations for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour.