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Global database: Definition of fees and related costs in national laws and policies

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This map displays a global database of national laws, policies and regulations (policies) that have defined recruitment fees and related costs. The data collection was undertaken in 2018 in preparation for a global study to support the Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Define Recruitment Fees and Costs. This meeting led to the adoption of the […]

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Behind Closed Doors: Forced Labour in the Domestic Work Sector in Singapore

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Published by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) Singapore and Liberty Shared The report examines the issue of forced labour (FL) among Singapore’s migrant domestic worker (MDW) population. Enaged in essential care and household work, live-in domestic workers are recognized as particularly vulnerable to labour and human rights violations. As a community, domestic workers are

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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently launched the 2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment. The ILO has been leading the organizing of the said international media competition since 2015 to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration. It specifically aims to encourage quality reporting on labour migration given that the media

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10 Things Governments Can Do to Ensure Fair Recruitment

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The ILO, with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, is implementing a new regional labour migration project to promote fair migration and address forced labour and trafficking for labour exploitation. The Regional Fair Migration Project in the Middle East (FAIRWAY) –focuses on the plight of the most vulnerable workers: those in

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Ways forward in recruitment of low-­skilled migrant workers in the Asia-­Arab states corridor

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This White Paper serves to further stimulate policy dialogue for fair migration in the countries of origin and destination in Asia the Arab States corridor. Within the Asia-Arab States corridor, the ILO Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) and the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) have collaborated with constituents to promote

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Recruitment experiences of South Asian migrant workers in Jordan’s garment industry

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The rapid expansion of Jordan’s garment industry over the past two decades has been accompanied by a large increase in the industry’s migrant workforce. Accompanying this rise in the number of migrants, most of whom are from South Asia, has been the growing use of private employment agencies that specialize in recruiting workers in their

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Philippine Launch of Migrant Recruitment Advisor and HAMSA Complaints Mechanism

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The Migrant Recruitment Advisor (MRA) has been finalized after almost a year of consultations, deliberations, and other preparatory processes with migrant workers, migrants’ groups, trade unions, academia, non-government organizations, and other stakeholders that took place in Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, and Philippines. This included the development of the survey questionnaire, the interface of the website, the

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