According to the report, in 2017, there were 16.40 million migrant workers in spread all over the world. In 2019 this number went up to 16.90 million.
There has been an increase in the movement of migrant workers, as the UN Labour Agency, ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers, found five million increase in numbers in 2019 over 2017.
With this, in the international job market, the migrant workers share stood at five per cent in 2019.
According to the report, in 2017, there were 16.40 million migrant workers in spread all over the world. In 2019 this number went up to 16.90 million.
Not denying the fact that these workers are contributing to the economies of the respective countries, they are equally strengthening their own countries through remittances.
The UN Labour Agency raised concern that despite their whole conditions in help moving respective economies, they have to compromise with their own working conditions.
The UN Labour Agency, however, raised concern that despite their whole conditions in help moving respective economies, they have to compromise with their own working conditions.
The ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers mentioned the following important facts in the report:
- With mostly temporary, informal and unsafe employment opportunities, the migrant workers are at high risk of working in harsh conditions, losing their means of livelihood and insecurity.
- The Covid-19 has worsened the situation, especially among women workers. The ILO’s Wage Report 2020/21 suggests the impact of the COVID-19 on the women workforce is more than their men counterparts. “Estimates based on a sample of 28 European countries find that, without wage subsidies, women would have lost 8.1 per cent of their wages in the second quarter of 2020, compared to 5.4 per cent for men.”
- The report – ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers: Results and Methodology – was done in 2019 on the basis of data received from 189 countries.
- The number of migration is more in rich countries. More than two-thirds of international migrant workers are working in high-income countries.
- “Of the 160 million migrant workers, 63.8 million (37 per cent) are in Europe and Central Asia and 43 million (25 per cent) in the US region.”
- The Arab and Asia-Pacific regions have the maximum number of migrant workers – approximately 25-25 million. Africa, there are 3.7 million.
- “The share of workers in the age group of 15 to 24 years, which was 8.3 per cent in 2017, has increased to 10 per cent in 2019.