Bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on migration of low skilled workers : a review / Piyasiri Wickramasekara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wickramasekara, Piyasiri, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Migrant labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Organization, 2015.

Contents:

Cover; Contents ; 1. Introduction; 2. Objectives of the study; 3. Contribution of the study; 4. Methodology; 4.1. Definitions and concepts; 4.2. Research methods; 4.3. Limitations of the study ; 5. Historical overview and current developments; 6. Findings of the BLAs mapping exercise; 6.1. Type of agreements; 6.2. Parties to the agreements; 6.3. Analysis of mapped agreements by date of signing; 6.4. Objective of agreements; 6.5. Good Practices in mapped agreements; 6.6. Adherence to the ILO 1949 Model Agreement provisions in mapped agreements; 6.7. North-South differences

6.8. Findings of the case studies7. Towards a preliminary framework for assessing BLAs; 7.1. How can bilateral agreements and MOUs improve governance of labour migration?; 7.2. In what ways can bilateral agreements promote and protect the rights of migrant workers? ; 7.3. In what ways can bilateral agreements promote migration and development linkages?; 8. Recommendations; 8.1. Recommendations to Governments of origin and destination countries; 8.2. Recommendations to regional integration and consultative process; 8.3. Recommendations to social partners and other stakeholders

8.4. Recommendations to ILO and other international agencies 8.5. Areas for further work; References; Annexes; Annex 1: Methodological note on assessment of BAs and MOUs; Annex 2. Table A1: Good practices scores by region; Annex 3. Table A2 - 1949 ILO Model Agreement topics (n= 27); Annex 4: Table A3 - Summary of case studies ; Annex 5: Recognition of BAs/MOUs in national law and policies - Asia; Annex 6: Acronyms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 8, 2016).

ISBN:

92-2-130026-9