Publications on labour migration

January 2024

  1. Research brief

    Decent Work for displaced people: Lessons from the experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee workers in Colombia and Brazil

    15 January 2024

    Currently, all workers in Colombia and Brazil are facing enormous challenges to organize themselves at the workplace. For refugee and migrant workers without higher education or professional credentials, the obstacles are even greater. In response to this situation, Venezuelan migrant workers and their allies are beginning to organize in labour unions and civil associations to promote decent work in both informal and low-wage formal sectors.

  2. ILO brief

    ILO Guidance Note on Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs)

    04 January 2024

    Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) provide critical information and services for migrant workers throughout the migration cycle. This Guidance Note presents the key principles of the ILO approach, and provides insights for the establishment and operation of MRCs, capacity building of MRC staff, design and implementation of service provision, effective communications and outreach, and monitoring and evaluation and sustainability

December 2023

  1. Publication

    Country briefs of the regulatory frameworks governing migrant workers in the Arab States

    14 December 2023

    The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.

  2. Publication

    The introduction of a maternity cash benefit in Kenya

    12 December 2023

  3. Forced labour

    The Alignment of Indonesian laws, policies, and their enforcement with the ILO international labour standards on forced labour: A situation and gap analysis

    05 December 2023

    This gap analysis documents the extent to which the requirements of PO29 are represented in the Government of Indonesia’s existing laws, norms and practices, with special reference to Indonesia’s catch fisheries sector and local fishers, who are one of the groups identified to be at risk of forced labour in Indonesia.

November 2023

  1. Project update

    Advancing young people’s engagement and meaningful participation

    28 November 2023

    This brochure provides an update on the project results till November 2023.

  2. Publication

    Decent work in forced displacement - Newsletter No.12

    17 November 2023

    This is the 12th edition of the ILO PROSPECTS newsletter covering key initiatives and achievements of the programme for the period of April to June 2023.

  3. Publication

    Preliminary Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health in the Agriculture Sector in Lebanon

    10 November 2023

    This assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) conditions in selected farms located in the Akkar and Beqaa regions of Lebanon.

  4. Publication

    Digital Employment Diagnostic Guidelines

    07 November 2023

    These guidelines serve as a comprehensive framework to assess, analyze, and understand the multifaceted dimensions of digital employment.

October 2023

  1. Brochure

    Supporting entrepreneurial pathways for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and host community members in Iraq

    31 October 2023

    Within its broader efforts to expand access to finance in Iraq, particularly for Internally Displaced Persons and refugees, the ILO under the PROSPECTS partnership, has been active in supporting entrepreneurial pathways for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and host community members.