News and statements on labour migration
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When work is more than “just a job”
02 July 2015
As the world celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives, ILO News looks at how one cooperative in Brooklyn, New York, is offering migrants a dignified and sustainable way to make a decent living.
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Preventing and responding to abusive and fraudulent labour recruitment: A call for action [pdf - 0.1 MB]
23 June 2015
The ILO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) call on governments, social partners, businesses, other international agencies, and all concerned stakeholders, to strengthen their efforts to address abusive and fraudulent recruitment practices.
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Preventing and responding to abusive and fraudulent labour recruitment: A call for action
23 June 2015
The ILO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) call on governments, social partners, businesses, other international agencies, and all concerned stakeholders, to strengthen their efforts to address abusive and fraudulent recruitment practices.
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Day 7: Delegates’ hopes at the 104th International Labour Conference
09 June 2015
Participants talk about the roles and hopes for this year’s ILC, plus Regional Director for Africa discusses the significance of African media coverage of the conference.
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Crisis migration: Decent work must be part of the solution
05 June 2015
Tweets from a high-level side event at the International Labour Conference in Geneva to address the urgent humanitarian, social and economic needs of migrants and refugees around the world.
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Day 5: Niger signs protocol to stop modern slavery plus an ILC side event on migration
05 June 2015
Niger becomes first to sign up to an end to modern slavery and a high-level side event on migration calls for international community to provide regular and safe migration to meet migrants’ rights and labour market needs
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“There is no easy fix” to the migration crisis
05 June 2015
ILO Deputy-Director Sandra Polaski at ILC Migration side event: “We must focus on systems of governance that provide regular and safe migration to meet migrants’ rights and labour market needs.
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Presentation on Migrant Domestic Workers and International Labour Standards: Global and National Trends, South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union, Workshop on Organising Migrant Domestic Workers
04 June 2015
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Presentation on Integration of Migrant Workers at World Social Forum on Migration — Plenary Session
04 June 2015
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Presentations on Standards and MiWORC findings to COSATU Task Team on Vulnerable Workers – Workshop on Organising Migrant Workers
04 June 2015