Publications on labour migration

May 2021

  1. © UNICEF/Santiago Arcos 2022

    ILO Appeal

    COVID-19 appeal update: ILO’s Response to the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis

    19 May 2021

    Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO has launched an appeal to its funding partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis in the Latin American region. The ILO leads on Socioeconomic Integration for the inter-agency response for Venezuelan refugees and migrants and has developed a comprehensive intervention strategy in coordination with UNDP, IOM and UNHCR

February 2021

  1. Summary and key recommendations from joint ILO, WHO, Interpeace and PBSO paper

    Summary and key recommendations - From crisis to opportunity for sustainable peace: A joint perspective on responding to the health, employment and peacebuilding challenges in times of COVID-19

    25 February 2021

January 2021

  1. Policy brief

    COVID-19 - Tackling the jobs crisis in the Least Developed Countries

    18 January 2021

    This policy brief provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). While highlighting how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes, and looking at policy responses so far, it also provides suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support, to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.

December 2020

  1. Joint ILO, WHO, Interpeace and PBSO paper

    From crisis to opportunity for sustainable peace: A joint perspective on responding to the health, employment and peacebuilding challenges in times of COVID-19

    17 December 2020

  2. ILO Working Paper 20

    COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account

    15 December 2020

    This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission. It looks at policy responses so far and provides some suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.

November 2020

  1. DIILM Updates

    International Labour Migration Governance

    12 November 2020

    DIILM update #3 focuses on the ILO’s work with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, and Population (MOLIP); Parliamentarians, the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation, labour organizations and CSOs to strengthen the legislative and policy framework governing international labour migration

October 2020

  1. DIILM Updates

    Making decent work a reality for domestic workers

    20 October 2020

    DIILM Update No. 2 Domestic Workers, October 2020

  2. Meeting document

    Remarks by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO, at the virtual event "How employment and decent work can contribute to peace and social cohesion in the time of the COVID-19 crisis"

    08 October 2020

  3. Meeting document

    Remarks by Ms. Renée Larivière, Senior Director for Programme Management, INTERPEACE, at the virtual event "How employment and decent work can contribute to peace and social cohesion in the time of the COVID-19 crisis"

    08 October 2020

  4. Meeting document

    Remarks by Ms. Jenan Mubarak, Chairperson of the Iraqi Center for Women Rehabilitation & Employment (ICWRE) and Head of Iraqi Peace Net, at the virtual event "How employment and decent work can contribute to peace and social cohesion in the time of the COVID-19 crisis"

    08 October 2020