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18 - 19 January 2017
Manila, the Philippines
Nilim Baruah
Senior Migration Specialist
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Outflows from selected Asian countries
Overall labour migration flows remained stable in 2015, numbering
5.29 million workers
1.40
1.20
1.00
Millions
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
Year
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Philippines Pakistan India Bangladesh PRC Nepal Indonesia Sri Lanka Viet Nam
Total
6.00
5.22 5.29
5.02 5.02
5.00 4.67 4.60
4.18
4.04 4.05
4.00
Millions
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Year
Deployment of migrant workers from ASEAN Member States, total deployment and
deployment to ASEAN (total number and per cent)
AMS Total Deployment Deployment to Average annual Deployment of Average
(2015) ASEAN deployment women migrant deployment of
(2012-2015) workers (2015) women (2012-
2015) %
Total % Global ASEAN
Cambodia 25 541 17 069 66.8 26 908 18451 9 901 34.1
Indonesia 275 736 128 646 46.7 428 096 172 669 243 600 56.6
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Malaysia, 2014 (labour force survey)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
45
70
40
60
35
30 50
25 40
20
30
15
20
10
10
5
0 0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Source: International
Labour Migration
Statistics Database
(ILMS)
Average monthly wages of the total employed and migrant
workers in Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia, latest year (USD)
1200 700
600
1000
500
800
400
600
300
400
200
200
100
0 0
Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total Men Women Total Men Women
Mean Median
Mean Median
Total employed Migrant workers
Total employed Migrant workers
60000 59,822
49127 51019
50283
48000*
50000
43962 44395
40000 40147
31658 33666
28974
30000
29564
20000 19999
10000
3167
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
A. Information dissemination
3. India requires female domestic workers and nurses to be placed only through State
agencies; emigration clearance via e Migrate.
C. Working conditions
1. Singapore has increased the number of OSH officers and auditors. (ILO Study for Thailand,
2016, points to continuing OSH (occupational safety and health) issues on education and
equipment - on smaller work sites, and inadequate number of inspectors).
2. Thailand: multidisciplinary inspection team that conducts joint inspection of fishing vessels.
Ratification of ILO Conventions on Maritime Labour and OSH (C 187).
1. Myanmar - 1st labour force survey in 25 years conducted in 2015; relevant findings include:
2 million nationals abroad: 61% male, 39% female
85% of MWs send remittances to their former household members
Average number of years abroad: 4 years
2. International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in ASEAN, supported by ILO New
round of data collection for 2015
Regional gender-disaggregated database consisting of 18 statistical tables
Technical focal points in all member States
Gaps: include return migration and need for better alignment of data definitions with
international standards to ensure comparability.
Policy developments
H : Bilateral agreements and policies
Several MOUs have been forged:
Cambodia-Malaysia, 2015, - lifts suspension of deployment of DWs;
Cambodia-Thailand, Lao PDR-Thailand, Myanmar-Thailand - 2016
Bangladesh-Malaysia 2016.
J : Global
Agreement to launch intergovernmental negotiations on a Global Compact for safe,
orderly and regular migration.
Concluding remarks