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From Humanitarian to Economic: The Changing Face of Vietnamese Migration
Vietnam's migration patterns shifted from refugee outflows to labor export, as remittances inflows climbed to an estimated $12 billion in 2014.
Recent Court Decisions Put a Sharp Spotlight on U.S. H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Program
A legal battle over H-2B visa regulations has exposed a dispute about agency authority and the program's failure to protect workers.
The Asia-Pacific and Women’s Labour Migration
Marking the release of the MPI-IOM 12th Issue in Brief, this event in Bangkok examined the emerging trends in women’s labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related opportunities and challenges.
Building Skills in North and Central America: Barriers and Policy Options toward Harmonizing Qualifications in Nursing
Nurse qualification harmonization can ease North American shortages and cut brain waste, but regulatory gaps and credential barriers need political will to overcome.
Women’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges
Female migrants in the Asia-Pacific increasingly migrate independently. Skills mismatch and sector concentration limit their contributions and well-being.
Following the Money: Chinese Labor Migration to Zambia
Chinese investment has driven a 60 percent rise in Chinese migration to Zambia since 2009, yet these immigrants remain a small share of the population.
Improving Migrants' Labour Market Integration in Europe from the Outset: A cooperative approach to predeparture measures
Predeparture integration measures have underperformed because origin and destination countries rarely coordinate their design, undermining labor market outcomes.
Mentoring Practices in Europe and North America: Strategies for improving immigrants' employment outcomes
Mentoring improves migrants' labour market outcomes, but fragmented funding and weak multistakeholder collaboration limit its scale.
A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2015 and Beyond
A breakfast briefing discussing the transformation of the ASEAN region into a single market and production base, including the steps that can be taken towards fuller labor mobility for high-skilled migrants.
Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Asia
Gulf and Southeast Asian labor systems left millions of migrant workers vulnerable to debt, abuse, and only tentative reforms in 2014.
