Labour migration resources

November 2011

  1. 1st Migration & Development Plan launched in PHL Returning migrant workers to benefit from ILO partnership with local governments, multi-stakeholders

    16 November 2011

    The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila), through its European Union-supported Return and Reintegration Project, has partnered with the local government of La Union Province and other sectors which has produced the Philippines’ first-ever Migration and Development Strategic Plan.

  2. Sub-Regional Advisory Committee (SURAC)

    The SURAC meeting has served as an ILO platform for tripartite constituents to share information, experiences and provide guidance on anti-trafficking and migration management for ten years. The SURAC was first established in 2001 as an informal meeting between senior advisors, to provide guidance on anti-trafficking interventions and to stimulate thinking on sub-regional initiatives. At the 3rd SURAC meeting in September 2005, the meeting was reconstituted as a tripartite labour mechanism to coordinate country-specific action on human trafficking. The primary objective of the 6th session of SURAC in 2009 was to provide inputs to the design of the TRIANGLE project.

  3. Strengthening the Role of Trade Unions in the Protection of Vietnamese Migrant Workers

    The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the ILO TRIANGLE project are organizing a workshop to strengthen the role of trade unions in the protection of migrant workers. The workshop on 1-2 November 2011, aims to raise awareness among trade union officials at different levels about migration trends, labour migrants’ vulnerabilities, the existing law and policies relating to contract-based Vietnamese overseas workers. The workshop will result in a draft VGCL Policy and Action Plan on the Protection of Migrant Workers.

October 2011

  1. ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

    The 4th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour will be held on 24-25 October 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. Under the theme 'Effective Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers', the Forum will address two enduring challenges: promoting harmony, understanding and rights in host societies; and promoting return, reintegration and sustainable alternatives to labour migration. The Forum is an annual event with participants from government, social partners and civil society organizations.

  2. Workshop on the Management of Migrant Worker Resource Centres in Cambodia

    In order to deliver better information and support services to potential and intending migrant workers in Cambodia, the TRIANGLE project is supporting the establishment of Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) in three provinces: Battambang, Prey Veng and Kampong Cham. The agencies responsible for managing the MRCs (the National Employment Agency, Cambodian Labour Confederation and the Phnom Srey Organization for Development) and the three provincial departments for labour and vocational training will receive training at a workshop in Kampong Cham, on October 19-21.

  3. The First National Conference of Domestic Workers in Thailand

    More than 150 domestic workers in Thailand, both Thais and migrants, participated in the First National Conference of Domestic Workers in Thailand on 8-9 October 2011. Stakeholders from the Government, trade unions and individual employers were also invited to participate in the event. The Declaration of the Rights of Domestic Workers in Thailand was unanimously adopted on 8 October 2011. Domestic workers also requested the Royal Thai Government to take immediate actions to adopt the Ministerial Regulation Concerning the Protection of Domestic Workers to ensure respect, dignity and labour rights for all domesitc workers in Thailand.

  4. Interactive Talkshow: “The Long Journey of Justice for Indonesian Migrant Workers”

    As the second largest sending country, some 700.000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009, around 4.3 million Indonesians were estimated to be working abroad.

  5. The long journey of justice for Indonesian migrant workers

    04 October 2011

    As the second largest sending country, some 700.000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers.

  6. Photo Exhibition on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

    As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the ILO in collaboration with Sim Chi Yin, a Singaporean photojournalist who is now based in Beijing, China, have developed a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers.”

September 2011

  1. Launch of Photo Essay on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

    As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is going to launch a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers” in Jakarta.