Interregional Consultation on Labour Migration and Mobility from Asia and Africa to the Middle East
The two-day event will bring together ILO constituents and stakeholders from 22 countries in three regions to make a technical assessment of key challenges and proposed ways forward to realize fair migration.
A two-day ILO Interregional Consultation on Labour Migration and Mobility from Asia and Africa to the Middle East will be held in Beirut on 4-5 October. The Consultation aims to bring together representatives of governments, as well as social partners, civil society organizations, and prominent academics and researchers from 22 countries in the three regions.
The purpose of the Consultation is for leading experts in the interrelated labour migration corridors to make a technical assessment of key challenges and proposed ways forward to realize fair migration, including fair recruitment.
The meeting will explore how decent work for migrant workers can be achieved, how the prosperity that migrant workers help to generate can be shared more equitably, and how migrant workers can contribute more optimally to sustainable development.
It will be held at the senior technical level, and presents an opportunity for all participants to share promising practices, examine the potential for policy reform, and discuss ways forward for realizing fair migration in the interrelated regions.
The outcome of the meeting will also provide input to the decent work and labour mobility elements of the ongoing regional and global consultations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
The purpose of the Consultation is for leading experts in the interrelated labour migration corridors to make a technical assessment of key challenges and proposed ways forward to realize fair migration, including fair recruitment.
The meeting will explore how decent work for migrant workers can be achieved, how the prosperity that migrant workers help to generate can be shared more equitably, and how migrant workers can contribute more optimally to sustainable development.
It will be held at the senior technical level, and presents an opportunity for all participants to share promising practices, examine the potential for policy reform, and discuss ways forward for realizing fair migration in the interrelated regions.
The outcome of the meeting will also provide input to the decent work and labour mobility elements of the ongoing regional and global consultations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.