Locked down and in Limbo The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Worker Rights and Recruitment.

This report provides a global overview of the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, with a focus on recruitment, drawing on rapid assessments conducted by the ILO in early-mid 2020.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Labour Office
Otros Autores: Jones, Katharine (Research fellow), Mudaliar, Sanushka, Piper, Nicola
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Genève 22 : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2021.
Temas:
Since 2020
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Influence.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Executive summary
  • Jobs and income lost due to COVID-19
  • Migration cost and recruitment
  • Access to healthcare and social protection
  • Return and reintegration
  • Remigration
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The ILO's Fair Recruitment Initiative
  • 1.2. Definitions and terms
  • 2. Impact of COVID-19 on employment and workplaces
  • 2.1. Job losses due to COVID-19
  • 2.2. Income lost due to COVID-19
  • 2.3. Impact of COVID-19 on remittances
  • 2.4. Return due to COVID-19
  • 2.5. Unpaid leave due to COVID-19
  • 3. Border regulation
  • 3.1. Border closures halted labour migration
  • 3.2. Border closures prevented prospective migrant workers from travelling
  • 3.3. Migrant workers pushed towards irregular pathways in certain regions
  • 4. Migration costs and debt in the pandemic
  • 5. Country-based recruitment industry responses
  • 5.1. Assistance to recruits during the pandemic
  • 5.2. Mobility restrictions impacted severely on recruitment industries
  • 5.3. Labour demand collapsed in many low-wage sectors but increased in others
  • 5.4. Ongoing logistical challenges for recruitment
  • 5.5. National policy responses to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on recruitment industries
  • 6. Discrimination and xenophobia experienced by migrant workers
  • 6.1. Discrimination towards migrant workers in countries of destination
  • 6.2. Discrimination towards returnees in countries of origin
  • 7. Access to healthcare and social protection
  • 7.1. Examples from ILO surveys and rapid assessment reports
  • 8. Return to and reintegration in countries of origin
  • 8.1. Challenges concerning return
  • 8.2. Examples from ILO surveys and rapid assessment reports
  • 8.3. Remigration
  • 9. Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix A. Methodological note
  • Appendix B. Interviews conducted with regional ILO staff
  • Appendix C. Relevant ILO Conventions, Protocols and Recommendations

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