Title Sort descending | Body | Countries | Thematic Areas | Sub-themes | Date | |
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“Virtual Labour Market” Electronic Platform |
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation launched an updated version of the "Virtual Labor Market" platform, which provides employment services to non-national job seekers and companies read more | United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
The “Together We Are Good” programme |
The Community Contributions Authority “Ma'an”launched the "Together We Are Okay" programme which aims to enhance social solidarity by facilitating volunteering and financial in-kind contributions read more | United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
"A Nation Without Violators" Campaign | "A Nation Without Violators" Campaign is a 90-day amnesty program that allowed migrants in an irregular situation who entered the country without authorization, who overstayed their visa, or who read more | Saudi Arabia | Irregular Migration | Regularization | ||
100 Million Meal Campaign | The “100 Million Meal Campaign,” a food distribution campaign, was launched to support labourers and vulnerable families adversely affected by the pandemic during the holy month of Ramadan by read more |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime | The ratification of this protocol is intended to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and facilitate international cooperation against it. The Protocol also highlights the problems associated read more |
Comoros | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Prevention and Awareness Campaigns | ||
2016 Constitution of Algeria, Article 63 | Article 63 of the 2016 Constitution places restrictions on dual citizens from senior responsibilities in the state and political positions. |
Algeria | Nationality and Statelessness | Dual Nationality | ||
2016 Memorandum of understanding with Italy on addressing irregular migration | The 2016 MOU between Italy and Libya aims to conduct a training programme for the Libyan coast guard and navy to better secure Libyan waters, and to enhance their law enforcement capacity in read more |
Libya | Irregular Migration | Border Control | ||
2017 Memorandum of understanding with Italy | The MOU between Italy and Libya includes cooperation in combating irregular migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and on reinforcing border security between the two countries. Libya read more |
Libya | Irregular Migration | Border Control | ||
2018 Amendment to the Sudanese Nationality Act | The 2018 amendments to the Nationality Act allow Sudanese women to pass on their nationality to their children if the father is from South Sudan. |
Sudan | Nationality and Statelessness | Women’s rights regarding nationality | ||
A programme of cooperation with Belgium for the period 2016-2020 | The programme of cooperation with Belgium covers a number of issues, including encouraging Moroccans in Belgium to invest more in their country of origin. |
Morocco | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Remittances | ||
Abolished the 2016 FlexiPermit system | The country has abolished its 2016 FlexiPermit system, which allowed expatriates to enter and reside in the country for two years without a predetermined employer. |
Bahrain | Visas and Residency Permits | |||
Act No. 76 of 2017: The Foreigners Residency Act | The Foreigners Residency Act replaces the Expats Residence Law No. 36 of 1961 as well as annulling Article 202 of the 2001 legislation that stipulated equal rights of Palestinians and Iraqis to read more |
Iraq | Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
Addressing Labour Shortages through Innovative Labour Migration Models | Within the framework of the EU Pilot Projects on Legal Migration, Belgium and Morocco are implementing a Pilot Project Addressing Labour Shortages through Innovative Labour Migration Models (PALIM). read more | Morocco | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | |||
Agreement of cooperation between Jordan and Nepal | Jordan and Nepal signed an agreement of cooperation to increase the eployment of Nepalese workers in Jordan, focusing on the responsibilities of both countries in regulating employment and read more |
Jordan | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
Agreement on Domestic Worker Recruitment between Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. | Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with the Philippines regarding labour migration, especially in regards to standard employment contracts for domestic workers, payment of their wages directly into read more |
Saudi Arabia | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Agreement on Employment of Domestic Workers between the Philippines and Kuwait | Kuwait and the Philippines signed a MOU to regulate the working conditions of migrant domestic workers in Kuwait guaranteeing rights of domestic workers to address allegations of abusive working read more |
Kuwait | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Agreement on Labor Cooperation for General Workers Recruitment and Employment between the Philippines and Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia signed a second agreement with the Philippines in 2017 on cooperation regarding labour migration and the recruitment and employment of workers from the Philippines to Saudi Arabia. |
Saudi Arabia | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Recruitment of domestic workers | ||
Agreement on Labour Cooperartion for Domestic Service Wrokers Recruitment between India and Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia signed an labour cooperation agreement with India regarding recruitment of Indian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. |
Saudi Arabia | Labour Migration | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Agreement to mitigate irregular migration from Egypt to Europe | This Action Document captures the projects to be committed in 2017 in Egypt under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and read more |
Egypt | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Other | ||
Agreement to provide assistance to vulnerable Jordanians and refugees between Jordan and the UN World Food Programme | This $700 million agreement is to provide assistance to one million vulnerable Jordanians and refugees. |
Jordan | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement |