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Session on:
Labour Mobility and Employment

Issues to discuss

1   Labour mobility and employment: Current situation

• Scale of labour migration and characteristics of migrant workers

• Impact of institutional and policy changes on migration

• Problems relating to wage differentials, working conditions, social protection, access to jobs and employment services for migrant workers

2   Social and economic impact of labour mobility

• Migration and employment, growth, income distribution and urban-rural disparities

• Integration of regional as well as rural and urban labour markets

• The impact of migration on labour-exporting and labour-importing areas

3   Labour migration: Challenges and problems

• Surplus rural labour

• Low levels of education and skills of migrant worker from rural areas and skill mismatches in urban areas

• Incompatible social protection systems and employment promotion measures in rural and urban areas

• Unequal and unfair treatment of migrant workers in urban areas, lack of employment and income security and greater vulnerability of women migrants

4   Current policies and recommendations for improvement

• Assessment of existing legislation and policies

• Recommendations for policy responses

International experience: Lessons learned and good practices