What is labour migration? Who are migrant workers? Where do the majority of labour migrants come from and where do they go? Are there more male or female labour migrants? These are just some of the questions we answer in this video which gives a global overview on the current labour migration situation around the world.

Links
Migrant Stocks vs. Migrant Flows
   • Migrant Stocks vs. Migrant Flows  
Effects of Migration on the Labour Market in Countries of Destination
   • Effects of Migration on the Labour Ma...  
Labour Migration Data Thematic Page (IOM Migration Data Portal)
https://www.migrationdataportal.org/t...
ILO 2021 Report
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:23 Distribution of Migrant Workers
4:53 Male & Female Migrant Workers
7:07 Labour Force Participation Rates

References
Cranston, S. (2017). Expatriate as a ‘good’ migrant: Thinking through skilled international migrant categories. Population, Spaceand Place, 23(6), e2058. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2058
GMDAC (2022). Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.migrationdataportal.org/t...
IOM (2021) Labour Migration Thematic Page. Migration Data Portal. https://www.migrationdataportal.org/t...
ILO (2015) ILO global estimates on migrant workers: results and methodology. http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/publ...
ILO (2021) ILO global estimates on international migrant workers. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...
OECD Indicators of Talent Attractiveness Tool: https://www.oecd.org/migration/talent...
OECD International Migration Outlook 2021: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/2...
United Nations (2020) Asia-Pacific Migration Report 2020 , https://www.unescap.org/resources/asi...
United Nations (2018) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_...
UNESCO. (2019). Global flow of tertiary-Level Students. Available here: http://uis.unesco.org/en/uis-student-.... Accessed 12 October, 2020.

Other useful sources:
African Union
Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa Second Edition (2017): https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...
Americas
Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics (2020): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/...
Asia
Measuring labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the ILO’s International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database, 2022: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...
IOM Spotlight on Labour Migration in Asia, a Factor Analysis Study (2021): https://publications.iom.int/system/f...
European Union
Overall figures of immigrants in European society: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/pr...
Eurostat data viewer: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databro...

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Video Editing by Kevin O’Dell, UNU-MERIT Researcher