COVID-19 and the world of work
Regional and country impact and policies
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Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future
17 December 2021
Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
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COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector in the Asia–Pacific region
18 November 2021
A brief from the ILO highlights COVID-19 impacts on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific that have left the sector reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.
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Supporting migrant workers during the pandemic for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community
18 August 2021
Thematic background paper for the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
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Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration and quarantine during the pandemic, and re-migration plans
03 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting labour migration throughout the ASEAN region and globally. In 2019 there were an estimated 10 million international migrants in ASEAN, of whom nearly 50 per cent were women. The ILO undertook a rapid assessment survey, interviewing ASEAN migrant workers from end-March to end-April 2020 about how COVID-19 has impacted them. This brief summarizes the responses of the 309 women and men migrant workers who participated in the survey.