Analyses the situation of female migrant workers. Presents the legislative framework relating to immigration, trafficking and the employment of migrants.

Based on information collected from a sample survey of 480 Korean migrants who had worked in the Middle East, and in-depth interviews with 39 households.

Focuses on the situation of the women migrant workers in their families, workplaces, communities and societies in sending and receiving countries and also on the initiatives, policies and programmes, "good" and "bad" practices implemented by government, private recruitment and employment...

ILO pub. Working paper on irregular migrants (mainly immigration from Colombia) and the General Register of Foreigners in Venezuela - covers immigration in the 1970s and its relationship to economic conditions, migration policy, and the legal aspects and institutional framework for registering...

Examines the emergent issues important to the management of labour migration from Viet Nam. Discusses the problems faced by Vietnamese migrant workers in their countries of destination, as well as the problems they face in Viet Nam in the process of migration and upon their return.

ILO pub. Working paper commenting on migration policy trends and 1974 legislation (Decree 087-74) comprising an amnesty for irregular migrants in Argentina - discusses migrant workers' legal status and impact on the labour market, and considers their geographic distribution, demographic aspects,...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on relationships between migration policy and development policy in Algeria, focusing on emigration to France during the period 1962 to 1977 - covers historical emigration under colonialism and since independence, noting the influence of nationalism and political...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining relations between emigration and development policy from 1961 to 1980 in Turkey - analyses emigration in the light of the political system, historical political behaviour and economic planning, discusses emigration causes, trends, migration policy...

Discusses the social insurance schemes available to migrant workers from Sri Lanka.