Publications on labour migration

March 2022

  1. Migrant workers

    Measuring labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the ILO’s International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database

    10 March 2022

    This report presents the latest statistics on international labour migration in ASEAN.

December 2021

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future

    17 December 2021

    Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

August 2021

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    Implementation of recommendations from the 3rd to 12th ASEAN Forums on Migrant Labour (AFML)

    18 August 2021

    Progress review background paper for the 13th AFML

  2. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    Supporting migrant workers during the pandemic for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community

    18 August 2021

    Thematic background paper for the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

July 2021

  1. Labour migration

    Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration during the pandemic, and remigration plans (Second assessment)

    02 July 2021

    This study – conducted from mid-October to December 2020 – is a follow-up to the initial assessment undertaken in March and April 2020.

January 2021

  1. ILO Brief

    Labour Migration in Asia and the Pacific

    01 January 2021

    A brief on ILO's priorities in Asia and the Pacific, January 2021 edition

June 2020

  1. ILO/UN Women

    COVID-19 and women migrant workers in ASEAN

    04 June 2020

    This brief explores the multi-dimensional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers in and from the ASEAN region. While women migrant workers in the ASEAN region strive to protect their livelihoods and their health, COVID-19 has presented them with a health crisis, compounded by detrimental impacts on freedom from violence and harassment, employment, income, social protection, access to services, and access to justice. This brief outlines the critical programmatic and policy responses needed. ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, as part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, is committed to ensuring women migrant workers’ rights are protected and they receive support when and where they need it.

  2. Migration

    Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration and quarantine during the pandemic, and re-migration plans

    03 June 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting labour migration throughout the ASEAN region and globally. In 2019 there were an estimated 10 million international migrants in ASEAN, of whom nearly 50 per cent were women. The ILO undertook a rapid assessment survey, interviewing ASEAN migrant workers from end-March to end-April 2020 about how COVID-19 has impacted them. This brief summarizes the responses of the 309 women and men migrant workers who participated in the survey.

July 2019

  1. Meeting document

    Concept Note of the Workshop on Reintegration Programmes for Returning Migrant Workers

    24 July 2019

    Concept Note of the Workshop on Reintegration Programmes for Returning Migrant Workers

May 2019

  1. Meeting document

    Concept Note and Agenda

    10 May 2019

    Concept note and agenda for the Save Smart Training of Trainers Gender-Responsive Financial Literacy Training for Migrant Workers and their Families