Photos and videos on labour migration

Decent work for migrant workers in South East Asia's fishing industry

06 September 2021

Standing outside a fishing port near Bangkok, Thailand, Chief technical Advisor, Mi Zhou explains how the ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia project, funded by the European Union, promotes regular and safe labour migration and decent work for migrant workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in the region.

Saphan Siang (Bridge of Voices)

25 March 2014

In 2012, the Saphan Siang campaign and the DEAR Burma school held an interactive art event for Thai and Myanmar youth. The Thai youth group UNITE produced this video to share the campaign's message and migrant workers' stories.

"Reconciliation, not retribution" says Aung San Suu Kyi in the first press conference of her European tour

14 June 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi fielded a wide range of questions at the first press conference of her Europe visit held after addressing the International Labour Conference. The Nobel laureate stressed the importance of the rule of law to put an end to conflicts in Myanmar, called for more vigilence around responsible and uncorrupted borders regarding cross-border migration to Bangladesh. She said, "We should look for restorative rather than retributive justice."

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