Practices by Country

This study explores what implications migrants’ presence holds  for future emergencies, especially those arising from natural hazards, taking Thailand as case study.

The IFRC has engaged in a 45-month project, co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to promote the rights of migrants in targeted countries, migration corridors and regions through a globally coordinated civil society action,

Following the 2004 tsunami in the South East Asia, Qantas Airlines, sent planes to Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives to evacuate Australian tourists, without regard to which airline passengers had booked their original flights.  The company also sent its medical staff to these locations to ai

The Abu Dhabi Dialogue is a voluntary, non-binding and informal state-led consultative process engaging seven Asian countries of labour destination (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen) and eleven countries of origin (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pak

OSCE and IOM in cooperation with UNECE, ILO, UN Population Division, UNFPA, implemented a project aimed at establishing a harmonised data collection process in the EurAsEc region.

A bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cambodian and Thai trade unions was signed in November 2013. The parties agreed to develop this MOU with a view to facilitating joint activities on protection of migrant workers’ rights.