{"id":34006,"date":"2024-12-20T18:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=34006"},"modified":"2024-12-20T18:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:29:33","slug":"global-estimates-international-migrant-workers-ilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-12-2024\/global-estimates-international-migrant-workers-ilo","title":{"rendered":"Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers\u00a0 :ILO\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS2\/IR\/GS 3\/Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers report released\u00a0 by the International Labour Organization (ILO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00a0Major Findings\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Labor Force <\/strong>:<strong> : <\/strong>In 2022, international migrants made up 4.7% of the global labor force, totaling 167.7 million, an increase of over 30 million since 2013.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Of the 167.7 million migrants, 102.7 million were men and 64.9 million were women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regional Trends: <\/strong>:Europe and Central Asia hosted 34.5% of migrant workers (57.8 million).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0The share of migrants in Northern, Southern, and Western Europe increased from 22.5% in 2013 to 23.3% in 2022, while other regions saw slight declines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 68% of migrants were in high-income countries, primarily in Northern, Southern, and Western Europe; North America; and the Arab States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sector Employment<\/strong>: 68.4% of migrant workers were employed in the services sector, particularly in care and domestic work, with 30% of migrant women and 12.4% of migrant men in this sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comparisons to Non-Migrants<\/strong>: 19.2% of non-migrant women and 6.2% of non-migrant men were employed in care and domestic work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Issues and Concerns\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Higher Unemployment Rates: <\/strong>Migrants faced a higher unemployment rate (7.2%) than non-migrants (5.2%), with women more affected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gender Disparities in Employment:<\/strong> Migrant women had an employment-to-population ratio of 48.1%, compared to 73% for migrant men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Barriers to Employment<\/strong>: Gender disparities may be driven by factors like language barriers, unrecognized qualifications, discrimination, limited childcare options, and gender-based expectations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Suggestions\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Migrant workers are crucial in addressing global labour shortages and contributing to economic growth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protecting their rights and ensuring access to decent work is both a moral and economic necessity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The report calls for targeted policies to improve access to decent work and protect migrant workers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring equitable access to employment opportunities is vital for sustainable development and inclusive labour markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers report released\u00a0 by the International Labour Organization (ILO).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34007,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34006\/revisions\/34007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}