News and statements on labour migration

  1. © ILO 2022
    Highlights of the 344th session of the ILO Governing Body

    30 March 2022

    The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization concluded on 25 March. ILO News discussed the key elements with Dimitrina Dimitrova, Deputy Director of the ILO’s Official Meetings, Documentation and Relations Department.

  2. © manhhai 2022
    ILO Governing Body adopts resolution on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine

    24 March 2022

    A resolution passed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression’.

  3. Including migrants in post-COVID-19 recovery

    15 February 2022

    Getting back on track after COVID-19 and enhancing the contribution of human mobility to sustainable development will require better integration of migrants with the communities that host them.

  4. Playing for equality

    06 November 2014

    A cricket tournament highlights issues affecting migrant workers in Lebanon - and hits out at discrimination to bring communities together.

  5. Workers Organizations from Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa signed a Declaration Promoting Labour and Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers

    11 October 2014

    Trade unions and domestic workers’ organizations from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho signed a joint declaration at the tri-national workshop in Johannesburg organized by the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW). By signing the declaration, participants committed to support the strategies promoting human and labour rights of migrant domestic workers along the South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe corridor.

  6. © Shah Marai / AFP 2022
    ILO adopts new Protocol to tackle modern forms of forced labour

    11 June 2014

    A new legally binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to advance prevention, protection and compensation measures, as well as to intensify efforts to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery.

  7. ILO: More decisive actions needed in Qatar

    13 February 2014

    ILO Deputy Director-General Gilbert Houngbo participated in a European Parliament hearing on sports and human rights in Qatar following recent allegations concerning unacceptable working and living conditions and human rights violations affecting migrant workers involved in the preparations of the 2022 World Cup.

  8. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls for more regular migration channels in the EU

    21 October 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addressed a conference of the European Commission on EU labour law in a video message.