International Labour Migration : a rights-based approach.

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Imprint:Geneva : International Labour Office, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (327 pages)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120940
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Varying Form of Title:International Labor Migration
Other authors / contributors:International Labour Office.
ISBN:9789221191216
9221191214
9789221191209
9221191206
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index.
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Summary:This book offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of international labour migration and the ILO's efforts to protect migrant workers through a rights-based approach. It gives new insights into the factors that motivate people to seek work outside their country of origin and the significant development effects on both origin and destination countries. Exposing the often limited access of migrant workers to their fundamental rights at work, it describes in detail the international norms that have evolved to protect migrant workers and ensure decent work for all. It reflects on existing an.
Other form:Print version: Office, International Labor. International Labour Migration : A rights-based approach. Geneva : International Labour Office, ©2010 9789221191209
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables; 1.1 Direction of international migration, 2005; 1.2 Estimates of total migrant workers, by region, 2000 and 2010; 1.3 Global migration, population and incomes, 1975-2005; 1.4 Proportion of female migrants among total international migrants, by region, 1960-2010; 1.5 Proportion of women migrants in total labour force, migrant labour force and migrant population, 2003; 1.6 Estimates of irregular migration in selected OECD countries, 2004-07.
  • 1.7 Estimates of immigrants in regular and irregular status in SEM countries, early 2000s2.1 Changes in global real income as a result of increased migration, 2001-25; 2.2 The employment impact of migration: A survey of European studies, 1992-2002; 2.3 Gross immigration inflows and unemployment in selected OECD countries, 1995-99 and 2000-04; 3.1 Unemployment rates of migrant and non-migrant workers in selected OECD countries, 2000 and 2005; 3.2 Unemployment rates a for total labour forces and for migrant workersin selected countries, 2008 and 2009.
  • 3.3 Employment of foreign-born workers by sector, 20073.4 Estimated social security coverage of international migrants; 5.1 Maximizing benefits from labour migration: A shared responsibility; Figures; 1.1 Migrants as percentage of population, 2005; 1.2 Countries projected to have highest proportions of international migrants in 2010; 1.3 Share of regions in the world's total population, 2005, 2025 and 2050; 2.1 Recorded remittances and capital flows to developing countries, 1990-2009.
  • 4.1 Cumulative ratifications of the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICMW) and ILO Conventions Nos. 97 and 143, 1950-20095.1 Foreign employment policy instruments and measures, by objective; Boxes; 2.1 Contributions of migrant workersto the United Kingdom; 5.1 Common basic principles for immigrant integration policy in the EU; 5.2 Policy responses to high skilled emigration: The "Six Rs"; 6.1 Regional integration and free movement in South America: The Andean Community and MERCOSUR; 6.2 Bilateral agreements concluded by Spain.
  • IntroductionPart I. International labour migration:Overview and analysis; 1. Labour migration in a globalizing world; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Trends in international migration; 1.3 Driving forces: Past and future; 1.3.1 Decent work deficits; 1.3.2 Economic disparities; 1.3.3 The demographic deficit and consequent demand for migrant labour in destination countries; 1.4 Diversity of migration; 1.4.1 Migration of women; 1.4.2 Temporary migration; 1.4.3 Irregular migration; 1.5 Conclusions; 2. Migration: Growth anddevelopment impactsin countries of originand destination; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 The migration-development nexus: An emerging consensus.