Labour Migration

The index for the cross-cutting issue “labour migration” is structured on the basis of the following sub-topics:

• Labour migration
• Bilateral labour agreements
• Drivers of (labour) migration
• Free movement
• Labour mobility (including circular/seasonal mobility/migrant workers)
• Migrant workers
• Remittances

Labour migration

International legal and governance framework

• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", p. 127, 132, 135-136
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 295-297

Subregional dimensions

• Southern Africa: 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 70
• Central Asia: 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 82-83
• Southern Asia: 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 85
• South-East Asia: 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 86
• Oceania: 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 123

Labour migration corridors

• 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", p. 2
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", p. 184

Other issues from thematic chapters’ perspective

• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", p. 251
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 258-259
• 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", p. 209
• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 270
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 161

Bilateral labour agreements 

Bilateral labour agreements

• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 208-209
• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 245-246
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", p. 263
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 291
• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", p. 132

Drivers and decisions of (labour) migration 

Drivers and decisions of (labour) migration 

• 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 60 (West and Central Africa) 
• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 193 and 196
• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 235-236, 238, 240 
• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 258 
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 253-254 and 268
• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 125-126
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 168
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", p. 172, 173, 179-180 and 187

Free movement

Free Movement

• 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 68, 70 and 107 
• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 208-211 
• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 246 and 249 
• 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", p. 218
• 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", p. 247
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 305
• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 127-128 and 132
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", p. 181

Labour mobility (including circular/seasonal mobility and migrant workers)

Labour mobility (including circular/seasonal mobility and migrant workers)

• 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 49 
• 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 68 (West and Central Africa), 96 (Northern, Western and Southern Europe) and 123 (Oceania)
• 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 35, 156 and 171 
• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 236, 249 and 251 
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 258 (table 2) and 259

Migrant workers

International legal and governance framework

• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", pp. 127, 132, 135-136
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 296-299

Border management and labour policies

• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", p. 209
• 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 170, 173
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 164

Risks linked to type of employment and labour conditions

• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 270
• 2020 edition, chapter 7 on "Migration and health", pp. 209-210, 214, 222, 224-227
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", p. 257
• 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", pp. 274-277, 279
• 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 219

Impacts of COVID-19

• 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 35
• 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 156, 163-165, 167, 171
• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 258

Impacts of technology

• 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", p. 6
• 2022 edition, chapter 11 on "Artificial intelligence, migration and mobility", pp. 284, 290-291

Other issues from thematic chapters’ perspectives

• 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", p. 181
• 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", p. 176
• 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", pp. 187-188, 194-195, 197

Remittances

Contributions to and development in countries of origin

• 2022 edition, chapter 6 on "Peace and security as drivers of safe migration", pp. 185-187
• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", pp. 203, 210, 212, 215 and 224
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 183-185
• 2018 edition, chapter 8 on "Media reporting of migration and migrants", p. 196
• 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 223

Impacts of COVID-19

• 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", pp. 161, 165, 167-168 and 171

Role of technology and transnational connectivity

• 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", p. 6 
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 155, 157 and 164-165
• 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 172-174

Other issues from thematic chapters’ perspectives

• 2022 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change", pp. 239, 245 and 247
• 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", p. 285 
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 298 (Global Compact for Migration)
• 2018 edition, chapter 5 on "Global migration governance frameworks", p. 126