Publications on labour migration

November 2020

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    ASEAN guidelines on effective return and reintegration

    13 November 2020

    On 13 November 2020, ASEAN has adopted a set of guiding principles for the ASEAN Member States on policies, institutional mechanisms, and programmes and services required for ensuring effective and sustainable return and reintegration of migrant workers.

May 2019

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    Support to the Reintegration of Returnees in Ethiopia - brochure

    13 May 2019

    Support to the Reintegration of Returnees in Ethiopia: Programme achievement

July 2018

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    Skills recognition of Sri Lankan migrant workers

    03 July 2018

    This policy brief demonstrates the potential of migrants to enhance their skills and explores the possibility of mainstreaming migrant workers skills assessment in the current national skills assessment framework

June 2018

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    Sri Lanka’s policy on labour migration: How far have we come?

    11 June 2018

    The brief takes stock of the implementation of the National Labour Migration Policy in Sri Lanka. objectives, delivery modalities, and the needs of male and female migrant workers and their families within the changing national and international contexts.

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    Sri Lankan female migrant workers and the family background report

    11 June 2018

    The policy brief highlights the impacts of the FBR on women, their families, government structures and recruitment agents.

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    Equipping Sri Lanka to counter trafficking in persons

    05 June 2018

    The Project aims to reduce human trafficking in Sri Lanka by intervening via a three pronged approach (3P’s) : Prevention, Protection and Prosecution through conducting research and awareness to inform regulations and practice, ensuring fair and ethical business recruitment practices are adopted, improving protection services for identified victims and prosecuting and investigating offenders.

February 2018

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    Profile of labour migration in Sri Lanka

    08 February 2018

    Over the past five years there has been a steady increase in the annual number of migrant workers deployed and the remittances received from abroad. Several factors contribute to the growing numbers including the search for better paying jobs, poverty, climate change, natural disasters, conflict and social factors.

October 2013

  1. Report

    OHCHR Report - Migration and human rights: Improving human rights-based governance of international migration

    04 October 2013

December 2011

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    Migrants return to India

    01 December 2011

    To the boom tune of a strong Indian economy and cries of a global recession, a growing number of Indians are returning home to pursue promising careers.

April 2010

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    Making migration a development factor - The case of North and West Africa

    28 April 2010

    Many individuals migrate in the hope of attaining better living and working conditions for themselves and their families – a fact which highlights the important role of the labour market for the individual in the migration experience. But the labour market also plays an important role in the manner in which migrant workers contribute to economic development in the country of destination and how migration influences development in the country of origin.