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Amid the rapid digital transformation, ensuring digital inclusion and upskilling for all members of society, including migrant workers, is of paramount importance. This report assesses the current usage of digital technology among migrant workers, including their skills levels and needs across... Read More
This report, “International Labour Migration in a Changing Climate”, provides insights from Malaysia and Thailand on how, and in what contexts, international labour migration can be a viable adaptation strategy to climate change. The report provides experiences and perspectives of migrant workers,... Read More
The report “Accelerating Access to Remedy: Promising Practices to Enhance Access to Remedy for Migrant Workers in South-East Asia” presents an overview of the status of migrant workers’ access to remedy in Hong Kong SAR China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam, through the lens of... Read More
The report, Collective Insights: Assessment and Analysis of Irregular Migration in the South and South-east Asian Regions – Emerging Trends on Travel Document and Identity Fraud, is the product of a joint initiative between the Document Examination Support Center (DESC) of the International... Read More
Recent estimates of modern slavery confirm that forced labour remains a significant problem for the private sector. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an issue which disproportionately impacts migrant workers, who are often on the frontlines of essential industries. While vital in... Read More
The study titled Report on the Use of Fraudulent Medical Documents in Travel and Migration during the COVID-19 Pandemic seeks to support immigration and border management agencies in addressing the use of fraudulent COVID-19 medical documents in the context of migration. Data for this study are... Read More
รายงานการศึกษาฉบับนี้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของการทบทวนการคุ้มครองทางสังคมของประเทศไทย (Social Protection Diagnosis Review) ที่ดำเนินการโดยโครงการความร่วมมือแห่งสหประชาชาติว่าด้วยการเสริมสร้างระบบการคุ้มครองทางสังคมแบบบูรณาการสำหรับทุกคนในประเทศไทย... Read More
This study is part of the Social Protection Diagnosis Review, a comprehensive review of the social protection system in Thailand, produced under the United Nations Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress Towards an Integrated and Modernized Social Protection System for all in Thailand, which is... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted labour conditions and labour migration across Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Thailand. This study assesses the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on men and women migrant workers and their families in Cambodia, Lao People’s... Read More
Authored by Marika McAdam, this paper explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour migration and mobility of young women and girls in South-East Asia and the Pacific.
Supporting Brighter Futures: Young Women and Girls and Labour Migration in South-East Asia and the Pacific explores and critically examines the existing evidence base on key aspects of the topic so as to inform potential policy and programmatic responses designed to enhance labour migration impacts... Read More
Debt and indebtedness are central to the lives of migrants from South-East Asia. Indebtedness can motivate the need for migration and, conversely, migrants regularly use loans to finance costly cross-border moves. The remittances that migrants then send home are often used to repay household debt.... Read More
Remittances that migrants send home play an important role in boosting the home country’s development as they are a steady, reliable source of investment that helps millions of individuals and households to raise living standards, improve health and education, provide capital for entrepreneurial... Read More
Thailand is an upper middle-income country with an impressive history of economic growth that has made it the most economically advanced country within the Greater Mekong Subregion. As a consequence, it has attracted ‒ and still attracts ‒ migrants from Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic,... Read More
Myanmar is the largest migration source in the Greater Mekong Subregion, sending an estimated 10 per cent of its 50-million population abroad, mainly to Thailand and Malaysia, as well as other destinations in Asia and beyond. Limited formal opportunities for safe migration from the country force... Read More
This activity manual was developed through a series of consultative meetings and a pre-test with immigration police, immigration doctors, public health officers, and representatives of migrant populations in Thailand. Although the manual is intended to enhance the knowledge, understanding, and... Read More
This activity manual was developed through a series of consultative meetings and a pre-test with immigration police, immigration doctors, public health officers, and representatives of migrant populations in Thailand. Although the manual is intended to enhance the knowledge, understanding, and... Read More
This assessment involved a survey of 819 migrant workers in 12 factories through a questionnaire, ten focus group discussions with male and female migrant factory workers, and six focus group discussions with migrant female sex workers in 2006. The study focused on both migration patterns and... Read More
Prepared by IOM in collaboration with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, this report summarizes the structure and management modality of the five-year pilot programme on migrant health in five priority provinces in Thailand. Also included in the report are good practices for different migrant... Read More
Using available documents from 2000-2006, this publication reviews and summarizes risks and vulnerabilities associated with HIV infection among cross-border migrants working in various labour sectors in Thailand. It incorporates current laws and policies related to migrant labour and migrant... Read More
Launched at the turn of the millennium, Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage Scheme has also been applied for labour migrants from neighboring countries. However, the scheme only addresses the health needs of registered migrants, leaving out more than three quarters of the total migrant population... Read More
The migration experiences of Thai women who had been trafficked for prostitution in Japan is the subject of this book. The study was carried out to gain a deeper insight into the backgrounds and motives of these women, how arrangements were made, their positive and negative experiences, their... Read More
The State of Environmental Migration 2011 is the second of an annual series, which aims to provide the reader with regularly-updated assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration throughout the world. Written by students of the Paris School of International Affairs (... Read More
This report presents child growth and malnutrition status of refugee children examined by the IOM Health Assessment Programme at seven key locations around the world namely Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand. The report analyses prevalence of two key indicators for protein–... Read More
The Situation Report on International Migration in East and South-East Asia covers migration dynamics in 16 countries within the region and is a collaborative effort by all the organizations that participate in the Regional Thematic Working Group on International Migration including Human... Read More
This report, commissioned by IOM on behalf of the UN Thailand Thematic Working Group on International Migration, is the first overview of international migration in Thailand and addresses both foreigners migrating to Thailand and Thais migrating overseas.
The objective of this report is to provide a better understanding of the recruitment, living and working conditions of fishermen and the extent of exploitation and abuse in the Thai fishing sector. The report reviews the legislative and regulatory framework governing the fishing sector and the... Read More
This report presents child growth and malnutrition status of refugee children examined by the IOM Health Assessment Programme at seven key locations around the world namely Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand. The report analyses prevalence of two key indicators for protein–... Read More
The IOM Migration Health Division is pleased to share this first issue of a newly launched quarterly publication on Nutrition Surveillance. This report presents child growth and malnutrition status of refugee children examined by the IOM Health Assessment Programme at seven key locations around the... Read More
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the relevant roll-out and implementation activities undertaken to date to implement Migration Crisis Operational Framework (MCOF), fulfilling International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) commitment to keep its Membership informed.
The report provides an update of migration statistics, policies and legislation in Thailand and explores the link between migration and development.
Trafficking in human beings is a gross violation of human rights that often involves extreme exploitation and abuse. To date, there has been very limited robust research on the health consequences of human trafficking, particularly for various forms of labour in the Greater Mekong Subregion. This... Read More