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.

February 2022

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    TRIANGLE in ASEAN Quarterly Briefing Notes

    25 February 2022

    TRIANGLE in ASEAN works with labour ministries, workers' and employers' organizations, recruitment agency associations, civil society organizations in six countries in ASEAN; Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Below Quarterly Briefing Notes give an update on our work during the previous quarter.

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.

May 2021

  1. Fair recruitment

    Measuring Sustainable Development Goal indicator 10.7.1 on the recruitment costs of migrant workers: Results of Viet Nam pilot survey 2019

    20 May 2021

    This report presents an assessment of the pilot process on measuring SDG indicator 10.7.1, undertaken by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO), in collaboration with the ILO, during the quarter four of the 2019 country’s Labour Force Survey.

  2. Publication

    Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour - Viet Nam Edition

    17 May 2021

    The Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour - Viet Nam Edition serves as a guide for journalists, researchers, trainers and other actors in Viet Nam who write about labour migration, especially in the context of recruitment of migrant workers and forced labour.

April 2021

  1. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Revision of the Law on Contract-Based Overseas Workers

    07 April 2021

    This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

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