Middle East – Recruitment Reform

Making International Labour Migration Governance Gender-Responsive

This three-part Policy Brief series identifies actions to develop and implement effective, rights-based and gender responsive protections for women workers migrating from South Asia to the Middle East. The policy briefs address three key stages during which protections for women migrant workers are developed, implemented, and monitored. Making International Labour Migration Governance Gender Responsive outlines […]

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Paid to be a slave Part 1 and 2

The Statesman | 5 November 2018 Paid to be a slave Part 1 Why are people still paying agencies and looking for a “better life” in other countries? The Gulf states are rich, very rich. Per-capita income is higher in that region than in most parts of the world. Yet all of these countries, with

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Saudi unemployment steady in Q2, foreign labour force down 290,000

Gulf Business | 22 October 2018 Saudi unemployment remained steady in the second quarter after increasing in the first three months of the year as foreign workers continued to leave the country. General Authority for Statistics figures showed the unemployment rate among citizens at 12.9 cent as unemployment among women rose from 30.9 per cent

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India’s e-migrate website continues to hurt workers seeking Gulf jobs, say agents and labourers

Scroll.In | 22 October 2018 The government says that the decline in emigrants is because of a slowdown in the Gulf economy related to falling oil prices. But recruitment agents channelling workers to Gulf countries and prospective employees pin the blame elsewhere – on a digitisation initiative by the Union government that was meant to

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10 Things Governments Can Do to Ensure Fair Recruitment

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

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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Domestic Workers and Employers in the Arab States: Promising Practices and Innovative Models for a Productive Working Relationship

The domestic work sector in the Middle East is constantly evolving. No longer are domestic workers employed only to clean homes – modern households are increasingly expecting domestic workers to support the care of children during critical stages of development, aid the elderly to live with increased autonomy, and assist in chores and household management.

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Diplomats, agencies welcome UAE law on domestic workers’ protection

By: Binsal Abdul Kader Gulf News | 26 September 2017 Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Senior diplomats and labour recruitment agencies welcomed the new law protecting domestic workers in the UAE saying it’s a step in the right direction. President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed into law the protection of domestic workers in

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