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Global Estimates Of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour And Forced Marriage

The Global Estimates of Modern Slavery provides a picture of the scale and depth of modern slavery.

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12 September 2022

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Locked down and in limbo: The global impact of COVID-19 on migrant worker rights and recruitment

This report addresses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers, based on information from 17 rapid assessments carried out under ILO labour migration projects.

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22 November 2021

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Extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families: A guide for policymakers and practitioners

This ILO guide aim to enable governments, in collaboration with social partners and other relevant stakeholders, to meet GCM objective 22, 'Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits' by highlighting the standards underpinning this objective,...

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08 November 2021

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Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in a digital world

The study maps four examples of state-facilitated digital technology platforms that assist the recruitment, placement, and/or job matching for migrant workers.

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17 May 2021

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Analysis

Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future

This report analyzes the labor migration trends in Asia and puts them in the context of economic and policy developments and the changes wrought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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27 April 2021

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The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals

This report analyses how migrant wages have evolved in 49 countries before the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the difficulties faced by migrants in receiving the same pay as nationals.

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14 December 2020

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Guidelines Concerning Statistics of International Labour Migration

The purpose of the Guidelines concerning statistics of international labour migration is to help countries to develop their national statistical system by collecting comparable statistics on international labour migration in order to provide an improved information base for the various users, taking...

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11 December 2020

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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Migration, Human Rights And Governance: Handbook For Parlamentarians

Parliamentarians have a critical role to play to ensure a meaningful, balanced and informed response to migration.

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07 December 2020

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Guide and Digital Interactive Assessment Tool on Making TVET and Skills Development Inclusive for All

The guide aims to help skills decision-makers and practitioners assess to what extent their Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system is currently excluding certain individuals or groups, identifies underlying reasons, and provides practical ideas on what could be done to redress...

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05 October 2020

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Skills Shortages and Labour Migration in the Field of Information and Communication Technology in Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand

Digitalization is a key driver of change. As information and communication technology (ICT) continues to advance and digital technologies are further integrated into sectors across our economies, the skills that are needed the most also continue to change and are increasingly in demand.

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22 September 2020

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The Role of Social Partners in Skills Development, Recognition and Matching for Migrant Workers

This document was originally prepared as a background paper for the ILO Workshop on the role of social partners in skills development, recognition and matching for migrant workers: A contribution to the Global Skills Partnership.

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25 August 2020

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Working Paper

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19: Social protection for migrant workers: A necessary response to the COVID-19 crisis (2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a major public health challenge and is having serious economic and social impacts on origin, transit and destination countries, as well as on migrant workers and their families and on businesses and their operations.

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24 June 2020

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Policy Brief

Training Employment Services Providers on How to Facilitate the Recognition of Skills of Migrant Workers: Facilitator’s Notes

The notes are a capacity-building tool and can be used for training of trainers, as well as for targeted stakeholders, including government officials and the social partners.

Date of publication:

23 June 2020

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Training / Workshop Material

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Guidelines for Skills Modules in Bilateral Labour Migration Agreements

Bilateral labour migration agreements (BLMAs) have become important tools for facilitating the governance of labour migration. The present guidelines are part of the ILO effort in this area and focus on the specific inclusion of skills in BLMAs.

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22 June 2020

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How to Facilitate the Recognition of Skills of Migrant Workers

This second edition of the guide includes recent developments in enhancing the migration services offered by various employment services providers. Its purpose is to keep this useful tool up to date and reflect new and emerging needs, as well as good practices, including in the COVID-19 context.

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22 June 2020

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Coherence of Labour Migration, Employment, Education and Training Policies in the ECOWAS Subregion

In an attempt to address the labour migration governance challenges, which stem from, among others, the lack of coherence among the migration, employment, education and training policies, the ILO has prepared 'General practical guidance on promoting coherence among employment, education and training...

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01 June 2020

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Migrant Workers’ Skills Portability in Africa at Regional Economic Community and Continental Level. Guidance Towards an African Qualifications Framework?

This brief is meant to provide an overview for policy makers regarding skills portability instruments, with a focus on international qualifications frameworks as a first scoping exercise to provide evidence for policy decisions on whether Africa should embark on an African Qualifications Framework...

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01 January 2020

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Effective Return and Reintegration of Migrant Workers with Special Focus on ASEAN Member States

This report was prepared as the background document for the ASEAN Workshop on Reintegration Programmes for Returning Migrant Workers (27–28 August 2019) in Yogyakarta, organized by the Ministry of Manpower, Government of Indonesia, and the ILO TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme.

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31 December 2019

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