xEstimates by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), indicated migrant workers rose to 169 million globally in 2019. According to her, the workshop was to see how businesses and employers respond to the impacts of COVID-19 within the context of labour migration with critical engagement areas for stakeholders at the national level. She stressed that it was in reference to commitment demonstrated by Nigeria in the existence of labour migration policy and legal frameworks and mechanisms that aimed to provide effective labour migration engagement for a wide array of stakeholders. Yet many migrant workers are often in temporary, informal or unprotected jobs, which expose them to a greater risk of insecurity, layoffs and worsening working conditions. “Labour migration policies will be effective only if they are based on strong statistical evidence.

Source: The Guardian July 13, 2021 03:21 UTC