Migration and Education

Over the past few years, Thailand has regularized over two millions undocumented migrant workers, enabling them to get the same legal protection as Thai nationals and gain access to basic social services such as healthcare and education.

In access to Education, on 19 January 2018, the Ministry of Education issued a directive instructing all public schools to accept for enrolment all children including those that do not have Thai nationality or legal documents.

The joint cooperation between Egypt and Jordan in the field of labor management aims at creating a safe, fair and stable work environment for Egyptian workers in Jordan and their employers. The Egyptian Ministry of Manpower and Immigration and the Jordanian Ministry of Labour are the main stakeholders. They are jointly responsible for the implementation of the 2007 Memorandum of Understating (MoU) and the 2016 Labor Agreement and managing the jointly-established channels of communication, as well as consultation mechanism. 

Main aim:

The EU Integration Action Plan of Third-Country Nationals provides a comprehensive framework to support Member States' efforts in developing and strengthening their migrant integration policies, and describes the concrete policy, operational and financial measures the Commission will implement.

The government of Indonesia collaborates with CSO and private sectors in providing education for children of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia.

The Bologna Process is a collective effort of public authorities, universities, teachers, and students, together with stakeholder associations, employers, quality assurance agencies, international organisations, and institutions, including the European Commission.
The main focus is:

The ASEAN University Network is tasked to promote higher education, increase linkages between universities and encourage credit transfers in ASEAN+3 countries. In realization of this vital mission, the “ASEAN +3 Higher Education Policy Dialogue” was successfully convened in Phuket, Thailand in March 2009 with full support by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, the Office of Higher Education Commission, Thailand and the AUN Secretariat. 

The Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada was formed so that provincial-level evaluation and assessment services of credentials for skilled immigrants are standardized.

The Alliance is made up of credential assessment services from across Canada. Alliance members provide a variety of clients — such as employers, professional regulatory bodies and educational institutions — with the assistance they require and the quality assurance they demand in assessing the academic credentials of prospective applicants.

The platform aims to enable Syrian students to resume their university studies in Portugal under an emergency scholarship program.  

The Global Platform is an international endeavour to provide emergency scholarships to Syrian students and enable them to acquire professional qualifications. Furthermore, it also aims at forging collective political will and to mobilise concerted action aimed at promoting Higher Education in Emergencies at large and to place it high on the international agenda.

Access to education is fundamental in leaving no one behind in the thrust towards SDGs. In that regard, Indonesia, working together with CSOs and private sectors, has established several community learning centers in Malaysia to ensure access to education for the children of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia.

While appreciating the Government of Malaysia for this policy, Indonesia calls on receiving countries to give broader access to education for migrants and their families.

Migration is one of the defining features of the 21st century and significantly contributes to economic and social development everywhere. As such, migration will be key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).