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Aug 11, 2020 11:13 AM
Author: Sally C. Moyce and Marc Schenker
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
In 2015, approximately 244 million people were transnational migrants, approximately half of whom were workers, often engaged in jobs that are hazardous to their health. They work for less pay, for longer hours, and in worse conditions than do nonmigrants and are often subject to human rights violations, abuse, human trafficking, and violence. Worldwide, immigrant workers have higher rates of adverse occupational exposures and working conditions, which lead to poor health outcomes, workplace injuries, and occupational fatalities. Health disparities of immigrant workers are related to environmental and occupational exposures and are a result of language/cultural barriers, access to health care, documentation status, and the political climate of the host country. Recommendations on global and local scales are offered as potential solutions to improving the health of immigrant workers.
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May 19, 2018 07:16 PM
Author: UNESCO, UNDP, IOM, and UN-Habitat.
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Internal migration is a defining megatrend of our time: it brings with it the potential for vast economic growth and sustainable development, but until governments have the information they need to engage in evidence-based policymaking, the positive transformational potential of internal migration will remain unrealized, and migrants will be unable to fulfil their aspirations. Unfortunately, the available data on internal migration in Southeast Asia is often sparse or not comparable between countries, rendering analysis of regional internal migration difficult.
The Policy Briefs on Internal Migration in Southeast Asia, produced jointly by UNESCO, UNDP, IOM, and UN-Habitat, summarize currently available research on internal migration across 9 Southeast Asian states, and provide recommendations to policymakers and researchers on the steps that need to be taken to fill currently available data gaps, from recommendations on research priorities to specific policy initiatives that will help migrants contribute to their communities and nations.
These Policy Briefs also represent the final outcome of the first stage of a research project on internal migration in Southeast Asia, jointly undertaken by UNESCO, UNDP, IOM and UN-Habitat in collaboration with in-country researchers and authorities, to understand internal migrants' experiences and develop inclusive policy responses to internal migration.
The Policy Briefs are comprised of 10 separate briefs: the first brief provides an overview of key trends and challenges relating to internal migration across the region, as well a set of recommendations to policymakers and researchers. The following country briefs summarize available data on internal migration across 9 states in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.
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May 19, 2018 06:53 PM
Author: UNESCO, UNDP, IOM, and UN-Habitat.
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Internal migration is a defining megatrend of our time: it brings with it the potential for vast economic growth and sustainable development, but until governments have the information they need to engage in evidence-based policymaking, the positive transformational potential of internal migration will remain unrealized, and migrants will be unable to fulfil their aspirations. Unfortunately, the available data on internal migration in Southeast Asia is often sparse or not comparable between countries, rendering analysis of regional internal migration difficult.
The Policy Briefs on Internal Migration in Southeast Asia, produced jointly by UNESCO, UNDP, IOM, and UN-Habitat, summarize currently available research on internal migration across 9 Southeast Asian states, and provide recommendations to policymakers and researchers on the steps that need to be taken to fill currently available data gaps, from recommendations on research priorities to specific policy initiatives that will help migrants contribute to their communities and nations.
These Policy Briefs also represent the final outcome of the first stage of a research project on internal migration in Southeast Asia, jointly undertaken by UNESCO, UNDP, IOM and UN-Habitat in collaboration with in-country researchers and authorities, to understand internal migrants' experiences and develop inclusive policy responses to internal migration.
The Policy Briefs are comprised of 10 separate briefs: the first brief provides an overview of key trends and challenges relating to internal migration across the region, as well a set of recommendations to policymakers and researchers. The following country briefs summarize available data on internal migration across 9 states in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.
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Aug 02, 2017 03:58 PM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Training Material
Instructors manual for a language course to teach migrants who will take up care work basic vocabulary in English and Arabic.
ILO’s “Promoting Decent Work thorough Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh” project in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) and the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) has produced a series of language guides for migrant workers who will work in English and Arabic-speaking countries. ‘Basic English and Arabic words for Care Work: Promoting Decent Work for Care Providers is an instructors manual for a course which aims to equip care providers with the language skills necessary to live and work in either English or Arabic speaking countries.
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Aug 21, 2018 10:53 AM
Author: Thomas Buettner and Rainer Muenz
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Policy
This paper explores alternative approaches to the projection of international migration. Instead of relying on the residual concept of net migration or a migrant pool model of migration flows, an approach is suggested that uses estimates of international migration flows in an extended multiregional projection model. The contributions to the study of international migration are threefold. (1) The paper suggests that international migration must be modeled and projected as the interaction between sending and receiving entities (world regions), an aspect often present in subnational and internal migration studies, but virtually absent in the field of international migration projections. (2) The paper shows that the classic formulation of the demographic multiregional model is biased toward emigration, as it omits the other side of the migration process. Therefore, the multiregional model needs to be amended to include immigration (or admission) as well. Inspired by well-established approaches in nuptiality analysis that employ mating rules or marriage functions, the paper suggests using a migration transfer function that formally captures the interaction between sending and receiving entities, countries, or regions. Simple transfer functions are suggested. (3) The paper demonstrates the feasibility of an extended multiregional model with a range of migration scenarios (emigration- dominant scenario, immigration-dominant scenario, harmonic mean interaction scenario balances potential emigration and potential immigration/admission. A comparison suggests that the scenario that implements interaction is more realistic. An annex presents the mathematics of interacting migration flows and the reformulation of how to impose age structure on incomplete migration data.
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Jun 29, 2019 02:36 PM
Author: Bassina Farbenblum and Laurie Berg
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Temporary migrant workers comprise up to 11% of the Australian labour market.1
Underpayment within this
workforce is both widespread and severe. In 2017, the report Wage Theft in Australia: Findings from the National
Temporary Migrant Work Survey revealed that a substantial proportion of international students, backpackers
and other temporary migrant workers were paid roughly half the legal minimum wage in their lowest paid job in
Australia.2
The scale of un-remedied underpayment of migrant workers in Australia is vast: 7-Eleven’s internal wage
repayment program alone repaid over $150 million in unpaid wages to its mostly international student workforce.
Structural reforms are urgently required to address the drivers of exploitation. There is also a pressing need for
remedial mechanisms that are accessible to individual migrant workers. Against a culture of impunity, predicated
on employers’ assumptions that migrant workers will remain silent, these mechanisms are critical to detecting
wage theft and holding employers accountable.
Migrant workers’ ability to seek remedies for underpayment is also an indicator of the efficacy of Australia’s
labour law regime and institutions. As this report and the Wage Theft in Australia report make clear, the number
of reported complaints each year vastly underrepresents the depth and scope of underpayment of temporary
migrant workers. To date, however, limited attention has been paid to the fundamental question of why migrant
workers do not try to recover the wages they are owed. Previous research has mostly relied on public sources or
observations by legal service providers, trade unions, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) and others from whom
only a small number of migrant workers have sought assistance. This study addresses a critical need for large scale
first-hand data on the experiences and attitudes of the vast majority of underpaid temporary migrant workers who
have endured wage theft in silence.
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Apr 23, 2019 06:14 PM
Author: Migrant Forum in Asia
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
We are pleased to share with you Migrant Forum in Asia’s recent report of Analysis of 2016 and 2017 cases of Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia.
In Asia, labour mgiration is quite prevalent both as countries of origin and destination. Looking at the Nepal and Malaysia corridor, Malaysia hosts an increasing number of Nepali migrant workers with almost 200,000 Nepali migrant workers as of 2007. and 405,898 as of 2017. According to Nepal’s Department of Foreign Employement (DoFE), in a span of 10 years, 1,408,666 Nepali migrant workers have come to Malaysia. The given numbers are recorden on the basis of labour permits given to migrant workers. Data of returnee migrant workers has not been recorded in statistics and does not include undocumented migrant workers.
The report is a result of the collaboration between Migrant Forum in Asia and its members Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee (PNCC) and North South Initiative (NSI). It is based on Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia who have reported to PNCC and NSI their grievances and complaints. It a representation of a small sample of Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia which were collected by volunteers of PNCC and NSI who provide support, paralegal and legal services for migrant workers. The report covers the analysis of cases for the year 2016 and 2017.
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Oct 23, 2018 04:02 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
Migrant Smuggling Data and Research: A global review of the emerging evidence base (Volume 2) presents a unique review of what is being collected and what can be done to further build the evidence base on migrant smuggling globally. The second volume on the topic, and building on the 2016 report, Volume 2 is again the result of a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration and researchers from a range of backgrounds and academic disciplines, and supported by the Government of Turkey.
The report shows that important research has been undertaken on the transnational crime aspects of migrant smuggling, including on routes, smuggling organization (such as criminal networking and facilitation), smuggler profiles and fees/payment. Likewise, there is an emerging academic literature on migrant smuggling, particularly the economic and social processes involved in smuggling, which has largely been based on small-scale qualitative research, mostly undertaken by early-career researchers. Contributions from private research companies, as well as investigative journalists, have provided useful insights in some regions, helping to shed light on smuggling practices. The report confirms key findings of Volume 1, making recommendations in three priority areas:
Strengthening research and analysis partnerships;
Supporting capacity-building; and
Focusing on emerging and priority topics.
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Jun 29, 2019 02:31 PM
Author: Bassina Farbenblum, Laurie Berg and Angela Kintominas
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Across the world, low-waged migrant workers encounter abuses of their labor rights and other forms of mistreatment at all stages of the migration process. This includes deceptive practices by recruitment agencies, underpayment and poor and unsafe working conditions at their site of employment, and other exploitative practices that may amount to criminal forced labor or human trafficking offenses.Abuses are often underpinned by profound power and information asymmetries between migrant workers and their recruiters, employers, and other intermediaries. A range of structural forces drive exploitation of migrant workers. Fundamentally, these include a global economy and globalized supply chains and labor markets in which there is demand for ever-cheaper goods and services produced with low labor costs. Demand for jobs among low-waged migrant workers generally outweighs the number of jobs available, exacerbating migrant workers’.
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Dec 12, 2018 07:42 PM
Author: China Labour Bulletin
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
There were an estimated 287 million rural migrant workers in China in 2017, making up more than one third of the entire working population. Migrant workers have been the engine of China’s spectacular economic growth over the last three decades but they remain marginalized and subject to institutionalized discrimination. Their children have limited access to education and healthcare and can be separated from their parents for years on end.
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Jul 10, 2018 04:53 PM
Author: Spotlight Initiative
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Safe & Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region Programme, is part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls, a global, multi-year initiative between the European Union and United Nations. Safe & Fair is implemented through a partnership between the ILO and UN Women with the overriding objective of ensuring that labour migration is safe and fair for all women in the ASEAN region.
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Oct 23, 2018 04:31 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
The International Organization’s (IOM) Migration Health Division acts with Member States, UN agencies and other partners in the international community to meet the operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration health issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and work towards ensuring respect of the human dignity and well-being of migrants. This report provides a snapshot of IOM’s health activities in 2017 and presents key achievements under three broad themes: (a) partnerships in migration health; (b) migration health in the context of crisis; and (c) disease prevention and response. The report illustrates IOM’s growing multidimensional migration health activities and partnerships in 2017, and demonstrates IOM’s commitment to advancing the health of migrants and their families worldwide, as well as supporting IOM Member States in addressing migration health challenges.
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Aug 20, 2018 02:08 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
This World Migration Report Update provides an overview of the latest data on international migrants in Asia. It is based on the most recent estimates from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Released in December 2017, the international migrant stock data sets estimate the number of international migrants by age, sex and origin. In addition to presenting current data on international migrants in Asia, the Update briefly discusses trends in Asian migration.
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Oct 23, 2018 04:33 PM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
The sea has long offered passage to a diverse range of people fleeing poverty, conflict, persecution and oppression, in search of safety and opportunity “on the other side.” Complex migration routes and mass exploitation of migrants are among the most urgent humanitarian tests of our time. As criminals work to profit from the plight of those who lack options to safely mobilize – including through the exploitation of vulnerable people at sea – States find themselves under increasing pressure to adapt long-standing international legal frameworks to evolving phenomena.
The result is that States are, understandably, often unsure of and may even dispute their obligation to protect lives in the contexts they encounter migrants at sea. Further, those States that do encounter migrants in need of protection may not be equipped with the capacity and resources required to fulfill their obligations in the areas of the ocean for which they are responsible. The allocation and assumption of responsibility in the maritime context is further complicated by the number of actors – both State and non-State – that may be involved.
Protection of Migrants at Sea provides guidance on applying international legal principles in protecting migrants at sea. The obligations and responsibilities that arise in different jurisdictions are dissected in the contexts of both irregular maritime migration flows and exploitation of migrants at sea. This publication urges that complex (and often overlapping) protection obligations be approached as opportunities to strengthen collaboration towards striking a balance between interests and duties in the interpretation and application of international law at sea.
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Jul 10, 2018 04:11 PM
Author: Building & Wood Workers' International
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Hundreds of thousands of people from Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian states are forced to migrate to Kazakhstan in search of work. A new report from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) finds evidence of widespread exploitation of both women, men, and children in forced labour.
Based on findings of a series of missions carried out from September to November 2017 in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, the report finds prevailing corruption within migration police services. Increased discrimination has also made it more difficult for Kyrgyz migrants to integrate into the Kazakh society and obtain a “regulated status”, which is necessary for living and working legally in Kazakhstan.
The report explicitly points out that migrant workers and their families often fall victim to forced labour, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, violations of the rights to maternity and childhood, as well as arbitrary arrests and deportations.
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Jul 10, 2018 03:47 PM
Author: Gulf Research Centre
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
International migration is one of the most ubiquitous realities in the Gulf states nowadays. In many ways, the inexhaustible availability of a foreign labour force has allowed the Gulf nations to become what they are today. Migration has been instrumental in nation-building processes in the Gulf. At the same time, the sheer scale of the phenomenon—with foreign majorities in the workforce as well as in total population of several states—is regarded as a challenge to nationhood. At the other end of the migratory routes, for many countries of origin in South Asia, the Arab world and East Africa, migration to the Gulf is an integral part of the lives of tens of millions and a constitutive element of economies and societies. Following an almost universal rule, host countries regard immigrants as a threat, while source countries view their emigrants as benefactors.
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Jun 29, 2019 03:08 PM
Author: Laurie Berg and Bassina Farbenblum
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Research
Temporary migrants comprise approximately 11% of the Australian workforce and are systemically underpaid across a range of industries. The most vulnerable of these workers (including international students and backpackers) rarely successfully recover unpaid wages and entitlements. In 2015, media revealed systematic exploitation of 7-Eleven’s international student workforce, reflecting practices that have since been identified in other major Australian franchises. In an unprecedented response, 7-Eleven head office established a wage repayment program, which operated until February 2017. As of mid-2017, the program had determined claims worth over $150 million — by far the highest rectification of unpaid wages in Australian history. Drawing on interviews with international students
and a range of stakeholders across Australia, this article uses 7-Eleven as a case study to illuminate systemic barriers that prevent temporary migrants from accessing remedies for unpaid entitlements within existing legal and institutional frameworks. We identify the unique attributes of the 7-Eleven wage repayment program that have contributed to its
unusual accessibility and efficacy, and which may point to conditions needed to improve temporary migrants’ access to justice through state-based institutions and business-led redress processes.
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Aug 21, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: Thomas Buettner and Rainer Muenz
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Policy
This paper documents key elements and their mathematical representation of a projection methodology for international migration. The methodology rests on the well-established multiregional model in demography, but was reformulated to allow for more realistic migration assumptions that depend on sending and receiving countries. The paper develops the methodology in a consistent and transparent way in matrix notation. The starting point is the generating matrix of multiregional models, followed by the multiregional life table and corresponding projection model. The paper distinguishes between two types of multiregional projection models—the standard model, which implements migration solely in terms of emigration intensities, and a model that allows for interactions between the regions or countries involved. The second projection model is nonlinear and requires an iterative approach. The paper implements procedures to estimate the demographic events that are associated with the multiregional model. In the classical formulation of the multiregional projection model, births are (implicitly) covered, but deaths and migrants by age are neglected. The explicit inclusion of all vital events adds considerably more analytical power to multiregional population projections. The last addition to the multiregional methodology is the replacement of the common assumption of a uniform distribution of (decrement) events within age groups by a more realistic assumption that rests on approximations by local fits and an empirical model especially for the first age group. The methodology was implemented in a multiregional analysis and projection software package and coded in the high-level statistical language R.
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