Publications on labour migration
November 2020
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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
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Report
OHCHR Report - Migration and human rights: Improving human rights-based governance of international migration
04 October 2013
December 2011
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Publication
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.