News and statements on labour migration
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Jordan examines ways to improve work permits for migrant workers in the construction sector
20 May 2013
The ILO hosts a meeting of key stakeholders to improve regulation of work permits in Jordan’s construction sector
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International Nurses’ Day: EU and ILO Manila promote decent work agenda for Filipino health professionals
06 May 2013
Thousands of Filipino health professionals migrate every year for work raising important questions related to the global shortage and inequitable distribution of health professionals in and between many countries.
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A smart way to prevent bonded labour
03 May 2013
A young couple and their new baby are the first beneficiaries of a national health insurance scheme which now extends to migrant brick kiln workers at risk of bondage, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Tricked and trapped: How migrant workers are getting a raw deal in the Middle East
09 April 2013
ILO reveals how an estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour across the Middle East at the first-ever tripartite regional conference on human trafficking.
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Tricked and trapped: How migrant workers are getting a raw deal in the Middle East
09 April 2013
ILO reveals how an estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour across the Middle East at the first-ever tripartite regional conference on human trafficking.
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Photo contest: "Migrant domestic workers in Europe"
13 March 2013
Participate in this unique ILO photo contest funded by the European Union.
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Fighting forced labour with education
04 January 2013
Nepalese women migrating as domestic workers often risk falling prey to human trafficking. A little knowledge can go a long way towards reducing their vulnerability.
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ILO, European Commission, OHCHR, UNWOMEN and KSBSI sign agreement on global action programme on migrant domestic workers
18 December 2012
The European Commission and the ILO in partnership with OHCHR, UNWOMEN and the Indonesian Trade Union KSBSI signed an agreement on implementing a “Global Action programme on migrant domestic workers and their families”. The implementation of this three-year programme, with € 3.5 million EU funding, will start on 1 February 2013.
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Message by the ILO's Director-General on the occasion of International Migrants Day
18 December 2012
We celebrate the contribution of women and men migrants to growth and development in both their host and home countries. They replenish labour markets with much-needed skills and human and social capital.
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US$2.5 million to improve labour migration governance in the Middle East
17 December 2012
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation funds ILO initiative to improve working conditions for migrants in the Middle East.