Technical Reports on Labour Migration

  1. The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals
  2. Skills mismatch of natives and immigrants in Europe
  3. Migrant Workers in Commercial Agriculture
  4. International Migrant Workers in the Mining Sector
  5. Migrant Work & Employment in the Construction Sector

Publications on labour migration

August 2016

  1. Labour migration

    Regional guidelines on the return and reintegration of migrant workers participating in the Employment Permit System of the Republic of Korea

    25 August 2016

    Since 2012, the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme labour migration component has focused on migration and development. Research and national and regional workshops have focused on return and reintegration, leading to the development and adoption of these Regional Guidelines on Return and Reintegration Programmes.

  2. Labour migration

    Smart remittance guide for workers migrating to the Republic of Korea

    25 August 2016

    The Smart Remittance Guide has been prepared for migrant workers to inform them of the procedures to send remittances from the Republic of Korea through regular channels. The purpose of distributing this information is to improve migrant workers’ ability to send home remittances in a safe, cost-conscious, and transparent manner. Since 2012, the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme labour migration component has focused on migration and development. Research on remittance service in the Republic of Korea and remittance sending patterns of migrant workers in the Republic of Korea have led to the production of this brochure.

  3. Publication

    The cost of migration: What low-skilled migrant workers from Pakistan pay to work in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

    23 August 2016

    This report presents the findings of a survey on migration expenses that Pakistani workers paid to secure jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The focus is on low-skilled migrants, who are the most vulnerable because of their low educational qualifications and limited asset base.

  4. Meeting document

    Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Fair Recruitment Principles and Operational Guidelines

    10 August 2016

July 2016

  1. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

    Migrant Domestic Workers, Health and HIV

    25 July 2016

    Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report .

  2. MDW Information Guide

    Information Guide for Domestic Workers in Zimbabwe

    22 July 2016

    As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, this information guide has been created for domestic workers in Zimbabwe.

  3. MDW Information Guide

    Information Guide for Zimbabwe Migrant Domestic Workers in South Africa

    22 July 2016

    As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, partners have created an information guide for workers emigrating to South Africa.

  4. Publication

    Including HIV in public and private sector insurance policies and products

    14 July 2016

    This brief is to help public and private sector insurance/social protection providers as well as other stakeholders engaged in the HIV response to work together for expanding the insurance coverage for PLHIV.

  5. Our impact, their voice

    From refugee in Kenya to business owner in Somalia

    06 July 2016

    Last October, UNHCR announced that 5,000 refugees had headed home to Somalia since December 2014 from the mammoth Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, home to about 350,000 people.

June 2016

  1. Publication

    Working Paper on Operational Parameters to Assess Fair Recruitment Practices

    22 June 2016

    These parameters list a series of questions and issues that should be looked into in order to assess recruitment practices.