Nepal has around 416 licensed agencies, Sri Lanka 248, Myanmar about 600, India around 192 registered recruiters, while Pakistan 464 licensed overseas employment promoters, highlighting concerns that ...

Across the West, governments are closing their borders, tightening immigration laws and publishing data on the true costs of immigration from particular countries. In Denmark, the state has shown ...

Labour's key policy to cut migration levels is in doubt today after official advisors voiced scepticism over whether it would work. The Home Office’s independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) ...

Migration has the potential to lift millions out of poverty, provide access to decent work and foster sustainable development. However, migration is not in-itself a solution. It can also have negative ...

Long-term net migration to the UK was halved in 2024, official data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed, triggering a battle between the Labour government and the previous Conservative ...

The 2020 Chinese census highlighted a 69.7 per cent upswing in domestic migrant numbers, compared to 2010 data. Notwithstanding the challenges associated with substantial population influxes, some ...

Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, has emphasised the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring a well-regulated labour migration system, which prioritises “ethical ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, December 11 (UNHCR) - A study of Afghan deportees from Iran has revealed that economic pressures are the main reasons behind the increase in irregular population movements from ...

A photo-essay tracing lost memories of Bhojpuri women who migrated under indenture from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to Suriname ...

In the last decades, the accelerated pace of economic integration brought forward by globalization has influenced both the number and profiles of women migrants around the world. According to United ...