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July 2020
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COVID-19 and the World of work
COVID-19 pandemic and Migrant workers: What role for Trade Unions?
30 July 2020
There are 164 millions migrant workers around the world and they have been very impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How can trade unions protect migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis? Learn more here..
September 2015
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Video
The Joint Labour Migration Program for Africa
10 September 2015
When we hear about migration in Africa, we think about Africans leaving the continent to Europe or to America. But in Sub Saharan Africa, 65 % of those migrating are staying in Africa. Labour migration is also about the movement of Africans within Africa. How do we respond best to this daily phenomenon?
April 2015
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Labour migration
Migration: Closing the gap between perceptions and true facts
29 April 2015
How are migrants generally perceived? Are those perceptions correct? Read an interview with OECD Deputy Secretary-General Stefan Kapferer, who was the main speaker at the second thematic meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
March 2015
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Video
Building Hope and Opportunity: The Al Hassan Workers' Center
14 March 2015
Tens of thousands of workers are employed in Jordan's fast-growing garment sector. Eighty percent of these workers are migrants. In an effort to improve their living and working conditions, the International Labour Organization initiated the establishment of a workers' center in the largest industrial zone in Jordan.
June 2013
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ILO Statement to Fourth Roundtable on Migration and Development
The search for decent work is at the center of most migration
07 June 2013
Migrants are contributing to economies through their labour and the businesses they create, as consumers, taxpayers and agents of technology transfer.
November 2007
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Video
Interview with Ibrahim Awad, ILO Director of the International Migration Programme, on a rights-based approach to managing migration
20 November 2007
April 2007
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Publication
Can the European social model survive? Is flexicurity the answer?
02 April 2007
The search for a better combination of flexibility and security is a major challenge within the European Union, and not only in the accession countries. Two major new studies from the ILO look at different aspects of employment and working conditions.