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Nov 24, 2014 04:40 PM
Author: Eliza Marks
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
Policy brief outlining international standards, regional trends and good practices, on migration and trade unions.
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Nov 24, 2014 04:36 PM
Author: Eliza Marks
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
Policy brief outlining international standards, regional trends and good practices, on migration and pregnancy and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Nov 21, 2014 10:50 AM
Author: ILO MIGRANT (Geneva)
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
During the 2014 International Labour Conference (ILC), the Labour Migration Branch of the ILO (MIGRANT) interviewed 17 ILC tripartite delegates for the new “Voices of Labour Migration” interview series. This initiative gives ILO constituents an opportunity to voice their views on fair migration and to share ideas on how their respective organizations, the ILO and the international community can advance the objectives of the ILO’s new Fair Migration Agenda. The complete set of interviews will be launched on the Labour Migration portal page soon.
Ministers of Labour, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (SRHRM), François Crépeau, the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Sharan Burrow, and the Secretary-General of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), Brent Wilton, were among those sharing their views, alongside other tripartite constituents, civil society representatives and academics.
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Nov 20, 2014 01:30 PM
Author: Justice Without Borders
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Training Material
Justice without Borders - Migrant workers who are victims of exploitation and human trafficking in Singapore struggle to bring claims against their abusers. Many cannot stay in the country to seek legal action, and going home almost always means going without compensation. Unscrupulous employers and brokers thus get away with theft or worse, and victims often go home poorer than when they arrived.
JWB’s Practitioner’s Manual for Migrant Workers seeks to help those who go home to bring claims against their abusers in Singapore. Gathering the experiences and knowhow of local and international lawyers and advocates in the field, the manual guides legal and non-legal service providers through the process of seeking just compensation in Singapore courts on behalf of exploited migrant workers, including:
What legal remedies are available for the most common forms of exploitation?
From non-payment of wages to battery and sexual assault, the Practitioner’s Manual describes in detail what can be claimed in Singapore’s courts.
How to bring these claims when a victim returns home?
Many procedural and logistic hurdles stand between a victim and just compensation. The Practitioner’s Manual maps out these roadblocks and explains what is needed to overcome them.
How to find a partner in the client’s home country—or in Singapore?
For lawyers and NGO advocates in Singapore, finding a reliable partner in the victim’s home community is vital to keeping in contact and continuing the case in the victim’s absence. The Practitioner’s Manual describes the key organizations and individuals that advocates can reach out to, whether in Indonesia, the Philippines, or elsewhere. For advocates in the victim’s home country, finding a partner in Singapore is vital for helping returnees pursue their claims from abroad.
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Apr 23, 2019 07:05 PM
Author: Migrant Forum in Asia
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Policy
MFA published two new policy briefs covering the following issues:
Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
In recent years, a number of Asian governments have forged bilateral agreements (BLAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to govern labour migration. These government-to-government agreements are negotiated frameworks to facilitate the recruitment and movement of workers from country of origin to country of destination. BLAs and MOUs can be useful documents by which migrants, migrants’ rights advocates, lawyers, and other stakeholders can understand the commitments that origin and destination country governments have set for themselves in governing labour migration. Members and partners of Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) have long been engaged in monitoring such agreements where they exist and in advocating for greater transparency and involvement in the process of their negotiation. In some cases, MFA members have advocated for the establishment of rights-based BLAs or MOUs where none yet exist as a mechanism of encouraging States to commit, on paper, to migrant labour regimes that respect and promote the rights of migrant workers and members of their families.
Joint and Several Liability of Recruitment / Placement Agencies with the Principal/Employer Under Philippine Laws
Access to justice is one of the principal challenges faced by migrant workers. In many cases, abused or illegally dismissed workers find it difficult or even outright impossible to file and prosecute labor complaints against their foreign employers. Once employment is terminated, the migrant worker has very limited options. Oftentimes, they are deported or opt to return to the home country without receiving their unpaid salaries, benefits and other monetary claims. Upon arrival in their home countries, migrant workers have no means to seek compensation from their abusive foreign employers. Having this scenario in mind, Philippine policy makers embodied in its laws the joint and several liability of recruitment/ placement agencies and the principal/employer for money claims of overseas Filipino workers to ensure that they can still prosecute their just claims against the foreign employer and the recruitment/placement agencies after they have returned to Philippines.
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Nov 11, 2014 06:13 PM
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Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
Issue 1 Newsletter from ILO's Labour Migration Branch
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Nov 06, 2014 11:08 AM
Author: ILO
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
Migration across the globe is growing, in numbers, patterns and complexity. Change in the 21st century happens fast, and issues related to migration and work are keeping page. While striving to remain true to the values of social justice which underpin it's raison d'être, the International Labour Organization's response must also be in keeping with teh changes around the world.
View the ILO's brochure, poster and inforgraphic on setting an ILO Agenda for Fair Migration.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:07 PM
Author: World Bank Group
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Research
'International Migration and Development in East Asia and the Pacific' analyzes the impact of migration on development in the EAP region and examines how international migration should be managed in East Asia in a way that supports development goals while simultaneously protecting the rights of migrants. The study covers trends in international migration in East Asia and overarching regional issues such as the links between macroeconomic management and remittances and the role of demographic trends in migration; the economic impact of migration and remittances on labor-sending countries and labor-receiving countries; and the policies and institutions that govern migration.
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Nov 04, 2014 01:07 PM
Author: Verite
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Research
Verite - September 2014 - You might think about debt bondage in relation to making bricks in South Asia or building skyscrapers in the Middle East, not putting together the pieces of your newest mobile phone or laser printer in Malaysia. But if you are reading this on a tablet, smartphone or computer monitor, then you may be holding a product of forced labor. Verité’s two-year study of labor conditions in electronics manufacturing in Malaysia found that one in three foreign workers surveyed in Malaysian electronics was in a condition of forced labor. Because many of the most recognizable brands source components of their products from Malaysia, this means that virtually every device on the market today may have come in contact with modern-day slavery.
Verité interviewed more than 500 male and female workers across all major producing regions, electronics products, and foreign worker nationalities. Malaysian nationals were also surveyed. The results of these extensive interviews indicate that forced labor is present in the Malaysian electronics industry in more than just isolated cases, and that the problem is indeed widespread.
“Verité’s study is the most comprehensive look at forced labor in the Malaysian electronics sector to date,” Dan Viederman, CEO of Verité, remarked. “Our report provides a clear sense of the scope of the problem in the industry, as well as the root causes underlying this egregious form of abuse, which center on unlawful and unethical recruitment practices.”
The report identifies the top factors responsible for making this sector prone to human rights abuses. According to Verité’s study, the widespread reliance on third-party agents for the recruitment, management and employment of foreign workers limits their protections and blurs accountability for labor conditions. Other top factors identified by the research as contributors to forced labor include unlawful passport retention, high and hidden recruitment fees resulting in widespread indebtedness that can trap workers in their jobs, deceptive recruitment practices, highly constrained freedom of movement, poor living conditions, fines and other penalties that prevent workers from being able to resign, and inadequate legal protections.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:42 PM
Author: World Bank
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
World Bank - Remittances to developing countries are expected to top $436 billion in 2014. Viet Nam is one of the top 10 recipients of remittances - receiving $11 billion in 2013. Check out this great infographic from the World Bank to learn more about migration and remittances: http://go.worldbank.org/KOOTCMQ2Q0
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Aug 21, 2018 11:10 AM
Author: Martin Bell, Elin Charles-Edwards
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Policy
Compared with other demographic processes, remarkably little attention has been given to the way internal migration varies between countries around the world. We set out the rationale for such comparisons and identify the impediments which have constrained prior work, including a global review of the types of migration data collected. We then draw upon an extensive repository of data assembled through the IMAGE (Internal Migration Around the Globe) project to compare countries with respect to the overall intensity of migration over one- and five-year intervals, the age profile of migration, and the spatial patterns of population movement. We identify marked variations both between and within world regions on each of these dimensions, and document a general decline in mobility over the period 1990-2000. Analysis reveals close links between migration and some aspects of national development but also underlines the significance of history, culture, and social context in shaping mobility behavior. We stress the need for greater harmonization of national practice in collection of internal migration data in order to enhance cross-national comparisons.
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Oct 31, 2014 09:37 AM
Author: Mekong Migration Network
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Training Material
Lesson Plans on the History of Migration
One of the goals of ASEAN (Association of South East Asia Nations) is “strengthening the regional social cohesion” and working towards social and economic integration throughout the region by 2015. As a sub-region of ASEAN, countries in the Mekong region have revised and updated school curriculums to reflect and include these goals. The Mekong Migration Network, together with the Foundation for Migrants from Mekong Neighbourhood, believes in the importance of social integration in achieving peaceful cohabitation in the region.
MMN has been working with their partner members on a project entitled “Embracing Diversity” to explore the concept of living together. In this project, MMN has developed a set of four lesson plans on the history of migration. Designed for 10-12 year old children or students who are in 4th or 5th grade of primary school, the lessons aim to create acknowledgment among them that migration is a natural process of humankind and that we live in an interconnected global world. Through fun activities, interactive classroom discussions, and informative presentations, students will learn about the movement of people and the positive influences cultural diversity has upon our way of life.
The lesson plans covers the following four topics:
Lesson 1: Features of Migration
Lesson 2: Migration on the Individual and Community Level
Lesson 3: History of Migration in Greater Mekong Sub-Region
Lesson 4: Global History of Migration.
Each lesson is designed to take one hour. Each plan contains lesson objectives, layouts, and lists of reference materials to be used. They also include detailed breakdowns of each activity, including its steps, time, and teacher instructions. The lesson plans are available in English, Thai, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Vietnamese and Japanese.
Published October 2014.
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Apr 23, 2019 06:32 PM
Author: Migrant Forum in Asia
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants will dedicate one of his 2016 reports to the Human Rights Council on international labour recruitment. His office requested inputs from civil society to contribute to the substance and analysis of his report.
In response, the Open Working Group circulated a call for inputs among its membership and hosted online discussions via email, online forums, Facebook, and Twitter. The inputs collected from this online membership consultation, along with the results of previous consultations of Migrant Forum in Asia, Migrants Rights International, and the Global Coalition on Migration, have been aggregated into a full report to the Special Rapporteur. The report outlines our emerging analysis and recommendations on migrant labour recruitment from CSO and migrant community perspectives.
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Jul 31, 2015 10:45 AM
Author:
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Project and Programme
The International Labour Organization (ILO) ASEAN TRIANGLE Project, in collaboration with the International Training Centre of the ILO and ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford are organized a Senior Executive Seminar titled ASEAN regional integration: challenges and opportunities. The seminar was held on the 9-10th July 2014 in Phuket, Thailand.
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Oct 23, 2014 01:28 PM
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Research
Human Rights Watch
"I Already Bought You"
Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates
This 79-page report documents how the UAE’s visa sponsorship system, known as kafala, and the lack of labor law protections leave migrant domestic workers exposed to abuse. Domestic workers, most from Asia and Africa, cannot move to a new job before their contracts end without the employer’s consent, trapping many in abusive conditions. Labor-sending countries don’t fully protect the workers against deceptive recruitment practices or provide adequate assistance to abused nationals abroad.
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