Publications on labour migration

March 2022

  1. Migrant workers

    Cost of recruitment in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor: Employer perspectives from participating plantation companies

    15 March 2022

    This study looks into the recruitment costs borne by select companies that employ migrant workers in Malaysian palm oil plantations. It examines the companies’ roles and the processes involved in the recruitment of migrant workers; identifies the costs borne by these companies; and identifies good practices and areas for improvement.

February 2022

  1. ILO Brief

    Intervention Model: For extending social protection to migrant seasonal agricultural workers

    04 February 2022

December 2021

  1. Publication

    The state of horticulture in Lebanon

    21 December 2021

    This ILO PROSPECTS report summarizes results of a recently conducted baseline survey of horticulture farmers, workers and wholesalers in Lebanon’s Akkar and Baalbeck-Hermel regions. It serves as a baseline for ILO’s Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) component that seeks to unlock opportunities for decent job opportunities in Lebanon’s horticulture sector.

November 2021

  1. Publication

    Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families: Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners

    08 November 2021

    This new ILO global Guide provides an overview of policy options and country practices to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families.

April 2020

  1. Publication

    Paving the way for better jobs and improving livelihoods for refugees and host communities in Arua, Uganda

    27 April 2020

    An Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) for Refugees and Host Communities.

  2. Publication

    Unlocking Opportunities for decent job creation in Lebanon's Horticulture sector

    27 April 2020

    A market system analysis of the horticulture sector with a view to promoting livelihoods of Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees

  3. Publication

    Unlocking Opportunities for decent job creation in Lebanon's horticulture sector

    27 April 2020

    A market system analysis of the horticulture sector with a view to promoting livelihoods of Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees.

  4. Publication

    Synthesis report: Unlocking opportunities for decent job creation in Lebanon's horticulture sector

    14 April 2020

    In order to create decent job opportunities for both Lebanese host communities and forcibly displaced Syrians, the ILO deployed its Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) to look at ways to develop the Lebanese greenhouse horticulture sector.

December 2016

  1. Publication

    Executive Summary of the report: Migrant Workers in Commercial Agriculture

    06 December 2016

November 2013

  1. Publication

    Nicaraguans in the North: Working conditions and hiring practices of migrant men and women in the Northern Region Huetar

    27 November 2013

    Migratory movements have had a significant impact in Costa Rica. This impact is evident in the contributions that working men and women have made to the economic, social and cultural development of the country through the provision of Nicaraguan labour force to the agribusiness and tourism sectors.