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Labour migration

Labour migration

In 2019, there were 169 million international migrant workers in the world and they constituted 4.9 per cent of the global labour force in the destination countries&nbs...

Gender and migration

The motives and consequences of human mobility are shaped by various factors such as customary rules based on gender expectations, ethnicity, race, age and class. Among these, it can be argued that gender has the ...
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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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Migration Data in the context of the 2030 Agenda

Migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda (Measuring migration and development in Armenia)

In 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and accompanying 169 targets designed to g...
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Migration, Development and Evaluation: Where we stand today and why

Presentation exploring the following issues: Policymakers are increasingly interested in harnessing the benefits of migration for development. Growing number of migration interventions aim to have a direct...
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The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals

The Report on The Migrant Pay Gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals presents a global analysis of the migrant pay gap based on data covering 49 countries (33 High Income Coun...
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Migration and Development within the South: New evidence from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

This publication aims to recapitulate major research findings carried out in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Timor-Leste, Tri...

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How Covid-19 has made life more dangerous for migrant workers

Migrant workers often live and work in unsafe conditions. The health crisis has made their working lives even more dangerous.  
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One year later, none the wiser: Seasonal migrant workers still left behind during COVID-19

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated is the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers in global food supply systems. At the start of the agricultural season in 2020, countries heavily reliant on...
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Can data help improve migrant domestic workers' lives?

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are an estimated 11.5 million migrant domestic workers (MDWs) around the world, approximately 8.5 million of whom are female. MDWs are international ...
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Four steps to ensure the mobility of social security for migrants

Portable social security benefits for migrants have great potential to alleviate poverty and contribute to development. Yet there is no guarantee that migrants will be able to take benefits&nbs...

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