Publications on labour migration

March 2024

  1. Policy Brief

    Employer survey of internal labour market mobility: promoting a more flexible workforce in Kuwait

    25 March 2024

    Compared with its neighbours, the sponsorship system in Kuwait is one of the most rigid in the Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) region. This policy brief on internal labour market mobility is based on an exploratory survey of 198 companies that responded to the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)-ILO survey between December 2022 to March 2023, and a meeting organized by KCCI, ILO and the International Organization for Employers (IOE) on 7 March 2023. The results demonstrate an interest among the private sector for simpler and less onerous rules on migrant workers being able to change employers in Kuwait, such as the mobility reforms introduced in neighbouring GCC countries. The policy brief makes a number of recommendations regarding policy reforms that could ensure a more dynamic labour market in Kuwait, and stronger compliance with international labour standards.

  2. Report

    Profile of Portugal’s Young NEETs

    21 March 2024

  3. Publication

    Digital labour platforms in Kenya: Exploring women’s opportunities and challenges across various sectors

    20 March 2024

    This report explores how the expansion of digital technologies such as digital labour platforms is reshaping Kenya’s economic landscape, and the experiences of workers engaged on these platforms, especially women.

  4. New global estimates

    Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

    19 March 2024

    This report provides new estimates of the profits generated from forced labour and assesses how profits have changed since the last ILO estimates were published in 2014.

  5. Publication

    Strategy on the Extension of Social Protection Coverage to Workers in the Informal and Rural Economy in Kenya

    13 March 2024

February 2024

  1. Meeting document

    Joint Statement of the Fourth Joint Dialogue on labour migration between the ASEAN Confederation of Employers and the ASEAN Trade Union Council

    14 February 2024

    The Fourth Joint Dialogue of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) and the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) was held on 14 February 2024 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The dialogue was hosted by ATUC with support from the ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme, in coordination with the ILO’s Bureau of Workers Activities (ACTRAV) and Bureau of Employers Activities (ACTEMP).

  2. Publication

    Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work

    14 February 2024

  3. Labour migration

    Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) in Africa

    01 February 2024

    This note outlines the ILO support to partners to deliver direct assistance to migrant workers and local communities through Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) across Africa. As of February 2024, the ILO supports the establishment and operational capacity of 25 MRCs in 7 countries in Africa.

January 2024

  1. Social protection

    ILO Strategy on extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families

    30 January 2024

    All members of society have the right to social security, including migrant workers, refugees, and their families. However, they face numerous legal and practical obstacles in accessing social protection. Based on the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination, well-designed and inclusive social protection systems and international cooperation, are powerful tools to reduce poverty, inequality, social exclusion and achieving sustainable development.

  2. Meeting document

    Learning memos: Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts

    23 January 2024

    The learning memos capture key discussions and takeaways from the technical knowledge-sharing event on engaging and developing the private sector in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus organized by ILO PROSPECTS.