Algeria signed a 'young professionals' agreement with France, which came into force in early 2015, enabling young Algerian professionals to work in France and French young people to engage in international corporate volunteer programmes, in addition to establishing a health-care protocol that secured the treatment of Algerians in French hospitals.
Saudi Arabia signed an labour cooperation agreement with India regarding recruitment of Indian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.
Jordan agreement with the EU contemplates European support for institutional and legislative frameworks for asylum in Jordan, and technical support to develop capacity, especially in refugee status determination
Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia regarding the recruitment and protection of Indonesia domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.
The EU-Jordan partnership facilitates mutual recognition of vocational and academic qualifications, and enhance recognition of Jordanian qualification within the European Unions and other destination countries.
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 bank accounts and establishing mechanisms for 24-hour assistance. The agreement was signed in 2013, ratified in 2014, and entered into force on 7 May 2015. This agreement was seen as a significant milestone in the field of labor cooperation and in the protection and promotion of the rights of Household Service Workers, especially because this was the first agreement on domestic worker recruitment to be concluded in the region. In fact, this agreemnt has been used as a template in negotiating similar agreements with GCC countries.
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-building, to prevent irregular migration and combat trafficking and smuggling networks. It aims to improve the exchange of information between Morocco and the EU and cooperation on the administrative, operational and technical levels to identify and dismantle such networks. The agreement also provides for cooperation to support “the socioeconomic development of regions with high migration potential”, and information exchange and technical cooperation on border management as well as an agreement to strengthen asylum authorities in Morocco, developing asylum legislation and protecting refugees.
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 migrants engaged in development activities in either country); voluntary and involuntary readmission of migrants in an irregular situation while respecting human rights and with support for their reintegration; and technical cooperation and financial support to combat irregular migration and promoting the return of irregular migrants.149 Under a 2012 agreement on exchanges for young professionals, the possibility was opened up for 150 young Tunisian professionals to work in Switzerland for up to 18 months to acquire professional and language skills