Empowering Migrant Workers: Lessons Learned from ILO Migrant Worker Resource Centres in the ASEAN region

MRCs offer a wide range of services, including counselling, psychosocial support, legal aid, information, outreach, pre-migration and post-return training, and targeted programmes for migrant women, people with disabilities, fishers, seafood processors and domestic workers. Their role in organizing migrant workers into networks and trade unions has helped build a collective voice and empower migrant workers.

The publication offers practical guidance to governments, trade unions and civil society organizations on improving delivery of information and services to support safe migration for decent work. It advocates for further investments in community-based support structures that prioritize the labour rights and empowerment of migrant workers. It was commissioned by the ILO's TRIANGLE in ASEAN, Safe and Fair/ PROTECT and Ship to Shore Rights programmes.