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Title	Body	Countries	Thematic Areas	Sub-themes	Date
The European Union-Tunisia partnership	The EU-Tunisisa partnership improves information available to qualified Tunisian citizens on employment, education and training opportunities in the European Union and makes mutual recognition of read more	Tunisia	Labour Migration	Qualifications and Competences, Recognition of skills	01 Nov 2013
Decision No. 67 of 2013	Ministerial Order No. 67 of 2013 amends Order No. 26 of 2008 regarding fees imposed on foreign employers as well as Bahrani employers for work permits and renewals of residence permits for family read more	Bahrain	Labour Migration	Work Permits	01 Oct 2013
Order No. 4 of 2013 regulating work permits of foreigners other than domestic workers	Bahrain introduced several new regulations regarding migrant workers in 2013. Order No. 4 of 2013 amends provisions of Order No. 76 of 2008 with respect to regulating work permits of foreigners read more	Bahrain	Labour Migration	Updating Labour Laws to Include Labour Migration	01 Aug 2013
Law No. 7 of 2013 on the Social Health Insurance System	Similar to Sultan's Decree No. 72 of 1991, Law No. 7 was enacted to ensure the implementation of a mandatory health insurance system of basic health services to all Qatari citizens, GCC citizens, read more	Qatar	Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights	Access to Healthcare	01 Jul 2013
Order No. 1 of 2013 regulating the records of employers	Order No. 1 of 2013 is part of several new regulations regarding migrant workers introduced by Bahrain in 2013 and deals with requirements of records held by employers regarding their expatriate read more	Bahrain	Labour Migration	Standardization of Labour Contracts	01 Jul 2013
Decision No. 310 of 2013 on the Household Regulation of Service Workers and Similar Categories	Decision No. 310 establishes working conditions for domestic workers and stipulates that employers must pay domestic workers their monthly salary without delay, and give them one day off a week, read more	Saudi Arabia	Labour Migration	Regulation of Domestic Work	01 Jul 2013
National Policy for Addressing Internal Displacement in the Republic of Yemen	The National Policy to Address and Resolve Internal Displacement in the Republic of Yemen was developed in collaboration with the UNHCR and several internal ministries to establish a national IDP read more	Yemen	Forced displacement and refugee protection	Other	01 Jul 2013
Mobility Partnership between Morocco and the EU	Morocco's Mobility Partnership with the European Union (EU) seeks to better inform Moroccans about legal options for migration to the EU and to support Moroccan efforts, including with capacity- read more	Morocco	International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement	Entry, exit and residency permits	07 Jun 2013
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	19 May 2013
Republican Order No. 86 of 2013	This Order ratifies the agreement between Yemen and Turkey signed on October 20, 2012 over returning back people residing illegally in Turkey.	Yemen	Irregular Migration		01 Apr 2013
Law No. 91 of 2013 on Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants	Law No. 91 provides for a prison term of 15 years to life for perpetrators regarding human trafficking, but does not establish mechanisms for victim protection or for prosecuting and convicting read more	Kuwait	Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling	Other	01 Mar 2013
Council of Ministers Decision No. 406 of 2012	Decision No. 406 concerning special arrangements for the children of Saudi women married to foreigners grants the right for Saudi women to sponsor the residence of their children and spouses, read more	Saudi Arabia	Nationality and Statelessness	Women’s rights regarding nationality	01 Dec 2012
Egypt's Constitution of 2012	Article 57 enshrines the principle of nonrefoulement and guarantees the provision of protection to refugees and asylum-seekers.	Egypt	Forced displacement and refugee protection	Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency	01 Dec 2012
Principles and Controls Based on 2010 MOU on Labour Cooperation between Jordan and Philippines	The three-year MOU on labour cooperation provides for a minimum wage and a minimum age for Filipino domestic workers, as well as requirements related to insurance, contract verification, working read more	Jordan	International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement		04 Jul 2012
Cooperation agreement between Tunisia and Switzerland	This cooperation agreement covers the conditions of entry and stay in Switzerland of specific categories (including highly skilled persons, family members of Tunisian migrants, students, and read more	Tunisia	International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement		04 Jul 2012
Law No. 36 of 2012, Labour Law in the Private Sector	Bahrain's Labour Law for the Private Sector secures rights for workers including migrant workers, especially non-national domestic workers.	Bahrain	Labour Migration	Updating Labour Laws to Include Labour Migration	01 Jul 2012
Decree No. 634	Decree No. 634 created the State Secretariat for Immigration and Tunisians Living Abroad which, in addition to the longstanding Office of Tunisians Abroad, now oversees and coordinates government read more	Tunisia	Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances	Political Participation of Expatriates	01 Jun 2012
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and Iraq	In Article 105 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq, the two bodies outline an agreement on the prevention of irregular migration, facilitating the return and read more	Iraq	International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement		11 May 2012
Law No. 28 of 2012 on Combating Human Trafficking	Law No. 28 provides for the creation of various mechanisms, such as establishing the Higher Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, to combat and limit human trafficking through efforts such as read more	Iraq	Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling	Institutional Developments	01 Apr 2012
Memorandum of Understanding between the Philippines and Kuwait in the Field of Labor Cooperation	Kuwait and Philippines signed an MOU on labour cooperation, which stipulates that a joint working group between the two countries should be created to ensure implementation and revision of the read more	Kuwait	International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement		23 Mar 2012