Domestic Workers
Survey on “Measuring migration costs for low-skilled migrant workers from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and the UAE”
ILO is embarking on an exciting collaboration with the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) by commissioning a survey on “Measuring Migration Costs for Low-Skilled Migrant Workers from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and the UAE” under the South Asia Labour Migration Governance (SALM) Project funded by the EU.
The International Labour Organization in Pakistan is embarking on an exciting collaboration with the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) by commissioning a survey on “Measuring Migration Costs for Low-Skilled Migrant Workers from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and the UAE” under the South Asia Labour Migration Governance (SALM) Project funded by the EU. The Migration Cost Survey will generate recommendations on how to reduce migration costs within the selected migration corridors; reduce the vulnerability of migrants and increase the benefits from international labour migration.
Migration costs refer to the costs associated with workers’ national border crossing, and include recruitment fees (i.e. job-matching fees), document costs and transportation costs. Despite ILO Convention 143 concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers and national regulations that prohibit or limit worker-paid migration costs, migrant workers pay far more than regulated amounts in migration costs. Existing literature shows migration costs are regressive i.e. costs fall as worker skills and wages increase.
Migration costs refer to the costs associated with workers’ national border crossing, and include recruitment fees (i.e. job-matching fees), document costs and transportation costs. Despite ILO Convention 143 concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers and national regulations that prohibit or limit worker-paid migration costs, migrant workers pay far more than regulated amounts in migration costs. Existing literature shows migration costs are regressive i.e. costs fall as worker skills and wages increase.