1. Protection of migrant workers at all stages of the migration cycle
Anna Platonova
Regional Office for Central and North America and the Caribbean
San José, 13 July 2017

2. Why is labour migration important?
150 million international migrant workers
71% services
18% industrial
11% ag
44.3% women
21 million in situation of forced labour

3. Some sources of vulnerability for migrant workers
Work permits linked to employers
Linguistic barriers
Cultural differences
Transnational family
Costs of migration
Discrimination
Lack of rights awareness
Risk of deportation
Lack of access to justice 5

4. Labour migration process
Pre-departure, including recruitment
Deployment
Employment
Return/ onward migration
workplace audit/
labour inspection

5. Global governance gaps
Regulatory enforcement gaps
Lack of transparency
“Worker pays” business model
Uneven playing field

6. IOM work to protect migrant workers
Member States
Businesses
Regional Consultative Processes (RCPs), GFMD, and other international fora
Capacity building/ training workshops for government officials, including labour attachés
Technical assistance for governments to improve regulatory frameworks
Increasing the knowledge base through research and publications
Direct assistance to migrants
Working with stakeholders to create operational tools e.g. IRIS.
Promoting the “employer pays” principle with the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment
Labour supply chain mapping and analysis
Training on migration impacts for policy makers /social auditors
Pre-departure orientation
Multi-stakeholder dialogue

7. Questions & Answers
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