News and statements on labour migration

  1. © Brian Wolfe 2024
    ILO: 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection

    14 March 2016

    New ILO study highlights huge decent work deficits for domestic workers throughout the world.

  2. Trafficking of women, chasing away our own demons and women’s rights

    08 March 2016

  3. Promoting Decent Work for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Opportunities, Presentation by Ryszard Cholewinski

    01 March 2016

  4. Reducing the Costs of Labour Migration, Presentation by Michelle Leighton, Chief, ILO Labour Migration Branch

    01 March 2016

  5. © Alia Haju/ILO 2024
    Women in agriculture: Cooking their way to empowerment and visibility

    22 February 2016

    An ILO initiative in north Lebanon is training women on food preparation and marketing, to help them make a living, market excess produce, and carve a visible role for themselves in the agricultural sector.

  6. Refugees - social inclusion and integration into the labour market

    18 February 2016

    At a hearing organized by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Ryszard Cholewinski, Migration policy specialist at the ILO, discussed the integration of refugees into the labour market.

  7. © Benny Lin 2024
    A better way for Pakistani migrant workers to combat exploitation

    10 February 2016

    An internet service will make it easier for Pakistani workers abroad to make formal complaints in cases of alleged deception in recruitment or exploitation in employment.

  8. © ILO/ Awad Tawel 2024
    Syria: Donors must help host countries meet refugee crisis

    29 January 2016

    Jobs and employment are key in the global response to the Syria refugee crisis. Ahead of a donor Conference on supporting Syria in London, ILO chief Guy Ryder visited Jordan to examine first-hand the effects of the massive refugee influx on the labour market, and to discuss employment options for refugees and the communities that host them.

  9. ILO chief to visit Jordan to examine effects of refugee crisis on labour market

    26 January 2016

    As jobs and employment take centre stage in the global response to the Syria refugee crisis, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder will visit Jordan to discuss employment options for refugees and ways to address the effects of the crisis on the Jordanian labour market.

  10. © Nadia Bseiso/ILO 2024
    ILO welcomes the introduction of work permits for refugees in Turkey

    18 January 2016

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the decision of the Turkish Government to issue work permits for refugees.