Action Research
Statements & Reports
Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living
Statement: Are protections for Cambodian domestic workers in Singapore adequate?
31st January 2017 By Jolovan Wham Last month, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower announced that Cambodia will be a source country for domestic workers from 2017. According to media reports, between 1000 to 1200 domestic workers will be recruited by employ
Supplier Responsibility 2015 Progress Report
Apple Inc., 2015 Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report is relevant to the Recruitment Reform Campaign’s call for Zero Recruitment Fees for migrant workers. The report includes a a discussion on recruitment fees. Please check page 18 under: E
IGO Reports
Employer-Migrant Worker Relationships in the Middle East: Exploring scope for internal labour market mobility and fair migration
Current sponsorship regimes in the Middle East have been criticized for creating an asymmetrical power relationship between employers and migrant workers – which can make workers vulnerable to forced labour. Essential to the vulnerability of migrant wor
Law and practice: the recruitment of low-skilled Pakistani workers for overseas employment
The report studies the prevailing recruitment practices in Pakistan with a focus on low-skilled migrant workers. It describes the current legal and policy frameworks, looks at actual practices and provides recommendations on how to make enforcement of rec
The cost of migration: What low-skilled migrant workers from Pakistan pay to work in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
This report presents the findings of a survey on migration expenses that Pakistani workers paid to secure jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The focus is on low-skilled migrants, who are the most vulnerable because of their low educational
Academic Research
Research Series: Recruitment Cost
1 June 2016, Transient Workers Count too The great majority of transnational migrant workers pay money in order to obtain jobs in other countries. The charges are often exorbitant. Most of the money goes to middlemen: agents in their own country or in des
Nurses’ experiences of recruitment and migration from developing countries: A phenomenological approach
Paul H. Troy, Laura A. Wyness, Eilish McAuliffe: Human Resources for Health 2007, 5:15 ABSTRACT Background: There is growing concern globally at the current flows of nurse migration, particularly from low-income to middle and high-income countries. Recrui
Migration News: “South Asia: A Special Report”
October 2008 Volume 15 Number 4 Labor migration from South Asia mostly involves: (1) workers going to work with two- or three-year contracts to the Gulf oil exporters; (2) a high share of women leaving to be domestic helpers from countries such as Sri Lan