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in globalization: Lessons from the past, challenges for today and tomorrow Symposium 5: Work and employment in a global world
Globalization, mobility and the illegal employment of foreign workers The protection of migrant workers
Numbers on migration
International Migration Programme International Labour Organization In 2005: 191 million migrants, corresponds to 3% of world population If the worlds migrants were gathered in one nation, the ranking according to population size would be: China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil, Migrant Nation, Russia, Pakistan 60% in what the UN defines as more developed regions (most of the migrants in Europe: 64 mio.; Asia: 53 mio.; North America: 45 mio.) The number of migrants is rising faster than the global population The share of migrants in more developed countries has risen The growth in the number of migrants in many industrial countries has slowed
Issues
Fastest growth in migrant labour flows today at both ends of the skills spectrum (professionals vs. domestic helpers) No unambiguous prescriptions for the optimal level of migration because, unlike in trade theory, no conceptual basis for open migration systems Inertia is the number one migration control. In addition, governments have significant capacity to regulate who enters their country and remains and there is perception: People wait for the migration transition that turns countries from emigration to immigration areas
International Migration Programme International Labour Organization
According to some analysts: importance of non-labour market factors as drivers for this type of internationalization; maintenance of lifestyle and social status (Parreas, 2001, cited in Yeates, 2006).
Other instruments ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration; Rightsbased approach to migration management