Photos and videos on labour migration

An interview with Ibrahim Awad on rights-based policies for migrant workers

31 March 2010

Ibrahim Awad, Chief of the ILO’s International Migration Department, discusses a new ILO publication that promotes policies that follow a “rights-based approach” to meet the needs of the world’s 105 million migrant workers.

December 18th, 2009 - International Migrants Day, an Interview with Ibrahim Awad

14 December 2009

ILO TV interviews Ibrahim Awad, Director of the ILO's International Migration Programme. In this interview he discusses the significance of the 2009 International Migrants Day which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the convention on the protection of the right of all migrants workers and members of their families by the UN general assembly.
The Migrant's Story

11 December 2009

What began as an international financial crisis has turned into a global jobs meltdown. Unemployment is rising. The first episode of the BBC Survivor’s Guide To Work, co-produced with the ILO, looks at what the fall out from the crisis means for the millions of economic migrants who have left the countries of their birth in search of a better life.

Maid in Lebanon

15 April 2009

Driven by extreme poverty in their home countries, thousands of female migrant workers go each year to the Arab States in order to earn enough money to support their families. What they find there is sometimes not what they expected. A film directed by Carol Mansour and funded by Caritas Sweden, the Netherlands Embassy in Beirut and the ILO depicts the gamble these women take when they decide to leave their families and go to work in Lebanon.
Combating HIV/AIDS on the big screen in China

15 April 2009

It's the biggest movement of people in history. According to official estimates some 200 million people in China are migrant workers – that is about 15 per cent of the country's population. And what is more they are amongst the most vulnerable to contracting HIV/AIDS.

Protecting Male and Female Filipino Nurses Migrating Abroad

22 December 2008

When skilled workers can't make enough money at home, many migrate overseas. But without labour laws that protect migrant workers, the dream of working abroad can quickly turn into a nightmare. Women are especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, because they often work in sectors where labour law enforcement is weak. But when laws protecting migrants are effective, the dream becomes reality, with a surprising benefit when these workers return home.
Migrant Workers Today, An Interview With Ibrahim Awad

17 December 2008

ILO TV interviews Ibrahim Awad, Director of the ILO's International Migration Programme, on the significance of International Migrants Day and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International Migrants Day - ILO TV reports from Dublin, Ireland where some migrants have fared better than others.

17 December 2007

After centuries of poverty and emigration, Ireland has emerged as a Celtic Tiger with a booming economy. New jobs in construction, hotels, restaurants and in agriculture have been filled by migrant workers, but as ILO TV reports from Dublin, some have fared better than others.

Indonesian Domestic Workers

15 May 2006

Every year nearly 400,000 domestic workers leave Indonesia to work abroad. For most the experience is positive, allowing them to earn many times what they would earn at home. Hidden from public view in private homes however, domestic workers can be targets of exploitation and abuse as ILO TV reports.

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