News and statements on labour migration

  1. © Kıvanç Özvardar / ILO 2022
    Skills and lifelong learning: A path to a positive future

    09 December 2021

    The International Labour Conference continues its discussions on skills and lifelong learning. It’s an issue at the heart of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work. Read how Syrian refugee, Morshed Ali, transformed his life through skills training and education in host country, Turkey.

  2. Ease of mobility and skills recognition seen as priorities in wide-ranging India-EU migration agenda

    26 September 2017

    The International Labour Organization and International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) hosted a dialogue on migration and mobility between India and the EU.

  3. Better skills and more formal employment for Syrian refugees

    29 November 2016

    A new ILO project supporting the objectives of the London Syria conference aims to build skills and formalize employment status among Syrian refugees in Jordan’s construction and agricultural sectors, and improve job prospects for Jordanians in local communities hosting the refugees.

  4. In their own voices

    02 March 2015

    An ILO-produced film documents the opportunities and obstacles on the path taken by migrant health-care workers from the Philippines.

  5. New ILO's standards will help 21.5 million domestic workers

    02 February 2015

    The Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) for Domestic Work will help more than 20 million domestic worker in Asia and the Pacific if ASEAN regional integration ensures the mutual recognition of skills of workers across borders, according to the ILO's new publication.

  6. Skills for a brighter future

    18 December 2014

    Refugees in a camp along Thai-Myanmar border are equipped with livelihood and buisness skills for a better future.

  7. © Kirill Kudryavtsev / APF / AFP 2022
    Many immigrants in Europe struggling to move out of low-skilled jobs; European governments have opportunities to prioritize policies to secure upward mobility

    18 November 2014

  8. The road to entrepreneurship

    01 September 2014

    Than Wai Aung, a Myanmar migrant worker in Thailand, turned himself from a construction worker into a mushroom entrepreneur with the help of the ILO's C-BED business skills training.

  9. Seasonal work brings year-round benefits

    02 May 2014

    A new harvest is ready, and Celestine Aisa Maino, a seasonal worker from Papua New Guinea, has just embarked on her latest overseas journey. Working on a large Australian fruit farm gives her more income, and an ILO project helps her to use it to build a brighter future for her and her family.

  10. 2013: The world of work in pictures

    20 December 2013

    From disaster recovery, to rising unemployment and the protection of workers across the globe, ILO News looks back at the most memorable events and images from the World of Work in 2013.