News and statements on labour migration

  1. Territoires Zéro Chômage Longue Durée (TZCLD), (Territories with Zero long-term Unemployment), presented by Victoria Bazurto

    22 October 2021

    Webinar - Public Works and Public Employment Programmes: What role in socioeconomic recovery?

  2. The Psychosocial Value of Employment, presented by Reshmaan Hussam

    22 October 2021

    Webinar - Public Works and Public Employment Programmes: What role in socioeconomic recovery?

  3. Sierra Leone is founding crisis recovery and resilience on international labour standards

    25 August 2021

    Sierra Leone’s historic ratification of 9 ILO instruments was marked in a virtual ceremony with the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

  4. Somalia recognizes decent work for women and men as the foundation of peace and resilience

    19 April 2021

    Somalia’s ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and six more ILO Conventions was marked in a virtual ceremony with the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

  5. © Bernard Spragg. NZ 2022
    International Labour Conference to discuss labour migration and fair recruitment

    02 June 2017

    ILO News talked to Ryszard Cholewinski, ILO Migration Policy Specialist, about current trends and the importance of addressing governance challenges in a changing labour migration landscape.

  6. Protecting the health rights of Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities

    27 March 2012

    Although the Government of Indonesia has issued a number of regulations concerning migrant workers and gender mainstreaming, significant challenges still hamper the development of effective policy and regulations for the protection of migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS. Indonesian women migrant workers, a majority of whom work as domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to gender based violence and to HIV and AIDS throughout the entire course of the migratory cycle.

  7. Providing better economic protection to Indonesian migrant workers

    19 March 2012

    Indonesian migrant workers and their families need to have a good understanding about the financial implications of migration, including the earnings, costs and deductions inherent in placement and employment overseas, as well as hazards and conditions. Financial education plays an important role in enabling Indonesian migrant workers and their families to administer, save and invest the earnings which migrant workers remit to their families on a regular basis throughout their employment overseas.

  8. Examining ratification of international migrant workers instruments

    13 March 2012

    As the second largest sending country, some 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009, around 4.3 million Indonesians were estimated to be working abroad.