News and statements on labour migration

  1. © Nadia Bseiso / ILO 2024

    High-level policy meeting calls for reversal of negative labour market impacts of Syrian refugee crisis on host nations

    30 July 2015

    High-level representatives from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt have gathered under the banner of the ILO to exchange experiences and formulate sustainable policies and programmes that respond to the labour market impacts of the Syrian refugee crisis.

  2. © B. Patel / ILO 2024

    Labour migration: The dark side of the coin

    29 July 2015

    A new ILO study exposes the pitfalls of labour migration for women domestic workers both within India and abroad and provides policy-makers and service providers with deeper insight into the nature of forced labour and trafficking in the region.

  3. Session 6: Blueprint for Establishing MWFs in CLM - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Mr Marianito Roque

  4. Session 5: Findings of the Study in Myanmar - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Mr Marianito Roque

  5. Session 4: Findings of the Study in Lao PDR - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Mr Sanya Vathanakoune

  6. Session 3: Findings of the Study in Cambodia - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Mr Hing Vutha

  7. Session 2: Vietnam MWF - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Ms Ta Thi Thanh Thuy

  8. Session 2: Philippine MWF - OWWA - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Ms Rebecca Calzado

  9. Session 1: What is a Migrant Welfare Fund (MWF)? - Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migration Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 26-27 May 2015

    16 July 2015

    Mr Marianito Roque

  10. Leveraging Migration, Remittances and Diaspora Contributions for Financing Sustainable Development

    14 July 2015

    Opening Remarks by Stephen Pursey, Director, ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department, at the GMG-OECD Side Event to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.