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The Other Migrant Crisis. Protecting Migrant Workers against Exploitation in the Middle East and North Africa

The Other Migrant Crisis. Protecting Migrant Workers against Exploitation in the Middle East and North Africa
Type
Study
Country
Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, Philippines (the)
Region
Asia and the Pacific, East Africa and the Horn of Africa, Middle East and North Africa
Organization
International Organization for Migration (IOM), Walk Free
Year
2015

This report is the result of a policy research project and summarizes findings from a literature review, analysis of case data of the vulnerable, exploited and trafficked migrant workers who are being assisted through the project, focus groups with vulnerable migrants, and round-tables with governments and NGOs and international organizations in two sending (Ethiopia and Philippines) and two receiving (Jordan and Lebanon) countries. The report will be used to inform government, civil society and the general public of providing better protection to exploited and trafficked migrant workers in Middle East and North Africa.