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.

High rise, low pay: Experiences of migrant women in the Thai construction sector

12 December 2016

This video summarises the 2016 ILO study High rise, low pay: Experiences of migrant women in the Thai construction sector. It is the first study specifically on women migrant workers in the construction industry in Thailand, and provides key insight into this large and growing sector.

Trade Unions Help Migrant Workers Realise Labour Rights in Thailand

24 January 2013

Four people from Myanmar, living in Thailand, meet the ILO Director General, Mr. Guy Ryder and tell their personal stories about vulnerability and hardship as migrant workers. Thai trade unions, the ILO and a Burmese support group in Thailand are working together to ensure these and other migrant workers can enjoy the same labour rights as Thai workers. The ILO's TRIANGLE project has set up a series of Migrant Worker Resource Centres in Thailand and five other countries of Southeast Asia, supported by AusAID. The video contains some graphic imagery of a young worker's injured hand.

A positive image

25 July 2012

Images of migrant workers in Thailand from a photo contest under the Saphan Siang (Bridge of Voices) Campaign. A photo exhibition is being held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, 24-28 July 2012.

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