News and statements on labour migration
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ILO Statement to the Fourth Informal Thematic Session
06 November 2017
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ILO Statement to the Second Informal Thematic Session
06 November 2017
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ILO Statement to the First Informal Thematic Session
06 November 2017
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ILO COOP presents on the role of cooperatives in overcoming refugee and migrant precarity in a side event at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council
27 September 2017
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Ease of mobility and skills recognition seen as priorities in wide-ranging India-EU migration agenda
26 September 2017
The International Labour Organization and International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) hosted a dialogue on migration and mobility between India and the EU.
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PowerPoint Presentation: Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205)
23 September 2017
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the main features of Recommendation No. 205.
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Jordan’s first job centre for Syrian refugees opens in Zaatari camp
21 August 2017
Following the Jordanian government’s decision to allow Syrian refugees to obtain work permits, a new job centre has opened at the country’s largest refugee camp to help the people living there access the local labour market.
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Jordan issues first-of-their-kind work permits to Syria refugees in the Arab region
09 August 2017
Jordanian trade unions begin issuing non-employer-specific and non-position-specific work permits in the construction sector, following an ILO-coordinated agreement with the Government. The permits are the first of their kind to be issued to Syrian refugees in the Arab region.
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“Decent Work for Domestic Workers”: All India Jingle Writing Competition
09 August 2017
ILO launches a jingle competition to recognize ‘Domestic Work is Work”. This competition is organized by the ‘Work in Freedom Programme’ of the International Labour Organization.
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ILO launches 2017 global media competition on labour migration
31 July 2017
The international competition aims at encouraging quality reporting on labour migration.