Compendium of Legislation and Institutional Arrangements for Labour Migration in Pacific Island Countries
This publication is intended to assist in building a mutual understanding of legal and regulatory systems across the region (and particularly between sending and receiving countries) by providing a synthesis of information on key aspects of the legal and administrative frameworks, policies and practices, and migration trends, in 11 Pacific countries.
Bilateral discussions and an understanding of legal and regulatory systems between sending and receiving countries can contribute to more streamlined and harmonized processes for labour migration, thus better enabling workers who want to move, to do so. This mutual understanding can also lead to better outcomes for migrants and their families through countries’ cooperation in enforcement of legal provisions protecting workers’ rights – whether in sending or receiving countries.
This Compendium is intended to assist in building this understanding by providing a synthesis of information on key aspects of the legal and administrative frameworks and associated practices in 11 Pacific countries. Each profile is introduced by a summary of some key migration trends and characteristics and contains a review of relevant national legislation, regulations and, where possible, policy statements relating to labour migration to and from the country concerned, together with a summary of the relevant institutional arrangements and responsibilities.
It is anticipated that this Compendium will form a valuable resource for policy-makers, administrative staff and academics both in the countries covered by this document, as well as countries which are connected to labour migration in the Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand and the US – which comprise the main receiving countries outside of the Pacific region.
This Compendium is intended to assist in building this understanding by providing a synthesis of information on key aspects of the legal and administrative frameworks and associated practices in 11 Pacific countries. Each profile is introduced by a summary of some key migration trends and characteristics and contains a review of relevant national legislation, regulations and, where possible, policy statements relating to labour migration to and from the country concerned, together with a summary of the relevant institutional arrangements and responsibilities.
It is anticipated that this Compendium will form a valuable resource for policy-makers, administrative staff and academics both in the countries covered by this document, as well as countries which are connected to labour migration in the Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand and the US – which comprise the main receiving countries outside of the Pacific region.