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Migrant recruitment costs
Most low-skilled labour migrants pay fees to obtain contracts and complete recruitment formalities. This is against international conventions and many countries’ national laws that require employers to pay all of ...
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According to the latest available estimates, there were 169 million international migrant workers globally in 2019 and they constituted 4.9 per cent of the global labour force (...
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Statistics for SDG indicator 10.7.1: Draft Guidelines for their Collection
Goal 10.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for facilitating orderly, safe, and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through implementation of planned and well- managed migration...
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Migrant recruitment costs in the EU
Recruitment or migration costs are worker-paid fees and expenses incurred to obtain jobs in other countries. Many migrant workers pay several months foreign earnings to get jobs, prompting efforts to measure and r...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Recruitment costs of migrant workers: How and why should we monitor them?
Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, is talking to GMDAC about recruitment costs of migrant workers. Disclaimer: The opinions expr...
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Median earnings and costs for migrants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (USD), 2014
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Median earnings and costs for migrants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (USD), 2014
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Statistics for SDG indicator 10.7.1: Draft Guidelines for their Collection
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