Labour migration and recruitment

"Building upon years of collective organizing around rights of migrant workers, the Working Group on Labour Migration and Recruitment is committed to knowledge sharing on recruitment trends and realities and to collective advocacy aimed at reforming migrant labour recruitment systems worldwide.”

William Gois, Migrant Forum in Asia

The Open Working Group on Labour Migration and Recruitment is coordinated by Migrant Forum in Asia. The members of the Working Group have initiated a multi-year campaign to reform the migrant labour recruitment industry and set up a global online platform that aggregates information on campaigns, policies and initiatives, events, news, policies and international conventions on labour migration and recruitment.

Find out more on recruitmentreform.org

The Working Group Labour Migration and Recruitment has a total of 109 subscribers to the list serve. From these, 91 are civil society organizations and 6 from the private sector. All civil society organizations working in the field of labour migration and recruitment or with an interest in the topic are welcome to join the Working Group´s mailing list and engage in activities and advocacy.

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Priorities 2016

• Organizing events and regional consultations among Asian countries to further identify challenges in migrant labour recruitment policies and practices
• Continue work on expanding the glossary on recruitment reform
• Continue engaging Private Recruitment Agencies and Developing a White List of Recruitment Agencies
• Continue publishing policy briefs on Labour Migration and Recruitment
• Finalise and publish the thematic report for the working group on Labour Migration and Recruitment
• Widening the scope and reach of the Working Group to include members from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas
   

Activities 2014-2015

• Launched Recruitment Reform and mailing list
• Consolidated the Civil Society Contributions to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants' report to the UN Human Rights Council on Migrant Labour Recruitment
• Held a  Regional Conference on Labour Migration & Recruitment in Amman, Jordan in December 2014
• Formulated a Common Action Plan to advance the reform of the industry of recruitment of migrant workers
• Launched several campaigns and online discussions included in the Action Plan through recruitmentreform.org
  • Zero Recruitment Fees and Employer Pays Model
  • Zero Tolerance for Contract Substitution
  • Human Rights in Government to Government Recruitment
  • Ethical Recruitment
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Related Events

 

MFA regional meeting on Labour Migration, Indonesia

13 August 2015

On 13-14 August 2015, members of the Open Working Group will meet for two days, following a larger meeting on labour recruitment issues organised by hosted by Solidarity Centre. 

Global Mobilisation Migrants' Rights

1 May 2015

MADE coordinator for Asia and Recruitment Reform MFA is joining a global mobilisation to promote an international movement to support the rights of migrants on 1 May 2015.

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