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Regulating labour recruitment to prevent human trafficking and to foster fair migration: Models, challenges and opportunities

IGO Reports /

ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative, 24 June 2015 This working paper presents the role of international labour standards in regulating recruitment and provides a preliminary overview of national laws, policies, regulations and enforcement mechanism which aim to prevent fraudulent recruitment practices and protect workers from unscrupulous labour recruiters. This working paper aims to establish a framework […]

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For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

IGO Reports /

ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative, 24 June 2015 This working paper aims to shed light on the business models of labour recruiters that facilitate the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon. Focusing primarily on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon, the

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Preventing and responding to abusive and fraudulent labour recruitment: A call for action

Statements /

ILO / UNODC, 23 June 2015 In today’s globalized economy, workers are increasingly compelled to look for job opportunities far away from home, and many find employment in countries other than their own. While labour mobility brings benefits to millions of workers and their family members, for many it comes at a high price, particularly

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ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative

Initiatives /

In response to the challenges of migrant labour recruitment, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched in 2014 a global “Fair Recruitment Initiative” to: help prevent human trafficking and forced labour protect the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process (including pre-selection, selection, transportation, placement and safe return)

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Migrant worker broker fees ‘exorbitant’: Indonesia

News, Public /

1 March 2015, Taipei Times The biggest problem for Indonesian workers in Taiwan are the “exorbitant” brokerage fees, which are unacceptable, Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers official Agusdin Sabiantoro said on Friday. Sabiantoro said that a major problem for his nation’s migrant workers has been the excessively high fees manpower brokers

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The role of labour market intermediaries in driving forced and unfree labour

News, Public /

18 February 2015, Open Democracy There has been lots of talk about multinational corporations’ responsibility for fuelling forced labour.  But what about the labour market intermediaries who recruit and supply vulnerable workers to these firms? In many people’s minds, words like trafficking and modern slavery are associated with sexual exploitation, especially of women and children.

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