Asia

Saver Asia offers comparison of fees and foreign exchange rates for remittances within South East Asian countries. It compares costs and services for sending money home.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) designed a set of prevention practices including: 

The Arab Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) provides information and assistance, capacity building and services to support migrant workers in the region access decent work conditions, working hours, healthcare, justice, equal pay and gender equality. 

The MRC in 2018 launched a project aimed at supporting and empowering a total of 230,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indonesia based in Jordan. 

Laguna Province establishes a “One Stop Migration Resource Center”, which serves as the hub for information and support to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.

Peer learning exchanges between governments and civil society implementers have

facilitated the sharing of ideas, experiences, knowledge, and challenges on

implementing ATD. Some countries have made significant progress in restricting or

even ending the use of immigration detention for some or all groups of people, while

others are beginning to embark on this journey. While there is no one-size fits all

approach, the sharing of successes and lessons learned means that stakeholders

@letstalkmigration Instagram Platform is a community of more than 2000 young members and growing sharing tools and tips on how to change the often negative narratives on migration in their communities.To enable capacity building for youth wanting to learn more about shaping narratives on the ground beyond the tools and advice shared on the account, we have hosted an online workshop series with 6 regional rounds for young people on how to use social media to create their own positive and hope-based narratives with over 40 participants from different regions worldwide.

The Recommendations of the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (2018) to guide ASEAN Member States’ efforts on leveraging technology to

1. improve labour migration management, and
2. provide digital services for migrant workers, with an overarching view of furthering all migrant workers’ well-being giving due consideration to gender sensitivity and to the specific needs in rural areas and agricultural sectors.

As a model whereby member states, international organizations and stakeholders can come together for the shared vision for promotion of health of migrants, conditions that ensure decent work, as well as reduce vulnerabilities in migration, the Joint UN Initiative on Migration and Health in Asia (JUNIMA) ensures effective regional coordination to advocate for access to health for migrants in Asia.

The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is a regional tripartite platform to discuss issues faced by women and men migrant workers from and within ASEAN.

The ILMS Database is the first of its kind in the region. It gathers together official government data from a number of statistical sources on international migrant workers’ stocks and flows within the region as well as on countries’ nationals living or working abroad. In doing so it fills an important knowledge gap, creating a powerful research tool through which policymakers and others can profile and monitor the international migrant labour force within the region.