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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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Gender has a big impact on the migration experiences of persons of all genders. Gender inequalities contribute to heightened risks of human rights violations, and reduced socio-economic outcomes, especially af...
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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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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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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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Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative
The Africa Migration Report takes a distinctly regional approach to inform knowledge on migration in Africa. This first edition, titled Challenging the Narrative, aims to deconstruct negative perceptions of migrat...
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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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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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DID Profile
Analysing the profiles of seasonal human mobility from anonymized and aggregated mobile phone data. Application in food security.
Investigating the effects of social networks on migration movements in Rwanda
Managing safer, legally, and ethically migration through multi-stakeholder partnerships via Global Skill Partnerships
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data on labour migration in Asia
Manolo Abella, Senior Research Associate of COMPAS, University of Oxford, talks to GMDAC about data on labour migration in Asia.
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Labour migration (2019)
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Distribution of migrant domestic workers by broad region, 2013 (female)
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Distribution of migrant domestic workers by broad region, 2013 (male)
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How Covid-19 has made life more dangerous for migrant workers
Joanna York | 25 Oct 2021
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One year later, none the wiser: Seasonal migrant workers still left behind during COVID-19
Lea von Martius and Marina Manke, PhD | 28 Apr 2021
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Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative
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