AIJC - Inventory of Resources for Communicating and Reporting on Labor Migration

Inventory of Resources for Communicating and Reporting on Labor Migration

Key Resources

Ethical Journalism Network. (2016). Five-point guide for migration reporting.

International Labour Office. (2007). International Labour Standards on Migrant Workers’ Rights: Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners in Asia and the Pacific. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2022). Fair recruitment and access to justice for migrant workers. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2022). ILO Brief: Gender-sensitive reporting and communication on labour migration. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2020). Media-friendly glossary on migration: Women migrant workers and ending violence against women (EVAW) edition. ILO.

International Organization for Migration. (2019). Migration and development: A symbiotic relationship.

International Labour Organization. (2018). Fair Perspective: Stories of Filipino Migrant Workers in the Media. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2018). Reporting on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment: An ILO Toolkit for Journalists. ILO.

King, R. & Collyer, M. (2016). Migration and Development Framework and Its Links to Integration. In Integration Processes and Policies in Europe, Edited by B. Garces-Mascareñas & R. Penninx (167-188). IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham.

Panos Europe Institute and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. (2014). Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration. Panos Europe Institute and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.

Statistics and Tools

Accountable Journalism Database – The largest resource of international codes of media ethics in the world.

Big Data for Migration Alliance

Global Internal Displacement Database

Global Migration Data Analysis Centre

Global Migration Group

Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI)

Key Migration Terms

Migration Data Portal

Migration Governance Indicators

Migration Policy Institute

OECD International Migration Database and labour market outcomes of immigrants

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Recruitment Advisor – a global recruitment and employment platform with information on workers’ rights and recruitment agencies

The Migration Observatory

The 100 Questions Initiative – Migration – a tool developed by migrants and other communities to start asking the most important questions on migration, gender, etc. that can lead to transformative change.

The Pyramid of Journalism Competence: What Journalists Need to Know

World Bank – Global Bilateral Migration Database

Readings on Migration and Labor Migration

Aleshkovski, I. (2016). International Migration Trends in the Era of Globalization. Globalistics and Globalization Studies (167-176).

Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (2022). ASEAN Migration Outlook. ASEAN.

Banda, F. (ed). (2013). UNESCO Series on Journalism Education Model Curricula for Journalism Education: A Compendium of New Syllabi. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Banda, F. (ed). (2015). Teaching Journalism for Sustainable Development: New Syllabi. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Baniya, J., Gurung, A., Jha, K., Lama, A., Rinck, J., & Sijapati, B. (2017). Labour Migration and the Remittance Economy: The Socio-Political Impact. Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility.

Berg, L. Farbenblum, B., & Kintominas, A. (2018). Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks. Open Society Foundations.

Bogdan, N. (2020). Beyond Work: Reducing Social Isolation for Refugee Women and Other Marginalized Newcomers. Migration Policy Institute.

Das, J. and Zaman, A. (2020). Enterprise Journalism in Migration News: A Six-country Comparison of Source Power. Journalism Practice.

De Lombaerde, P., Gartland, J., Neyts, K., Nita, S., & Pecoud, A. (Eds). (2017). Migration, Free Movement and Regional Integration. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and United Nations University – Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies.

Ethical Journalism Network. (2017). How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration? A Study by Journalists, for Journalists and Policy-makers: Migration Media Coverage in 17 Countries from 2015 to 2016. International Centre for Migration Policy Development.

Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration. (2020). A Joint Endeavor: Shaping Migration from Africa to Europe Annual Report 2020. Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration.

Fengler, S., Bastian, M., Brinkmann, J., Zappe, A., Tatah, V., Andindilile, M., Assefa, E., Chibita, M., Mbabine, A., Obonyo, L., Quashigah, T., Skleparis, D., Splendore, S., Tadesse, M., & Lengauer. (2020). Covering Migration—in Africa and Europe: Results from a Comparative Analysis of 11 Countries. Journalism Practice.

Global Migration Group. (2017). Handbook for Improving the Production and Use of Migration Data for Development. Global Knowledge Partnership for Migration and Development (KNOMAD).

Hollington, A., Salverda, T., Schwarz, T., & Tappe, O. (n.d.). Reflections on Migration in the Global South – Voices From Around the World. Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne.

International Organization for Migration. (2023). Emotions and Economics: An Analysis of Philippine Media Coverage of the Filipino Migration Experience. IOM, Geneva.

International Organization on Migration. (2022). Economic Empowerment of Women Migrant Workers in Cambodia. IOM, Geneva.

International Organization for Migration. (2020). World Migration Report 2020. IOM.

International Organization for Migration. (2019). Glossary on Migration. IOM.

International Organization for Migration. (2017). Migration Initiatives 2018: Leading the Migration Governance Agenda. IOM.

Lecheler, S., Matthes, J., & Boomgaarden, H. (2019). Setting the Agenda for Research on Media and Migration: State-of-the-Art and Directions for Future Research. Mass Communication and Society, 22 (6), 691-707.

Meli, A. (2012). Guidelines for the Application of the Rome Charter: A Working Tool for Accurate Media Coverage on Migration and Asylum. Federazione Nazionale della Stampa Italiana (Italian National Press Federation).

Minority Rights Group International. (2020). Covering Migration: Tools and Resources for Quality Migration Coverage. European Union.

National Association of Hispanic Journalists. (2020). Cultural Competence Handbook. National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

National Council of Journalists’ Association & Italian National Press Federation. (2008). Charter of Rome (Code of Conduct Regarding Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Victims of Trafficking and Migrants). National Council of Journalists’ Association and Italian National Press Federation.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2020). International Migration Outlook 2020. OECD Publishing.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Labour Organization. (2018). How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries’ Economies. OECD Publishing.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2014). Migration Policy Debates: Is migration good for the economy?

Papademetriou, D. G., Benton, M., & Hooper, K. (2019) Equipping Immigrant Selection Systems for a Changing World of Work. Migration Policy Institute.

Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs Directorate-General for Internal Policies. (2020). Climate Change and Migration: Legal and Policy Challenges and Responses to Environmentally Induced Migration. European Union.

Respect Words Project (Ed). (2017). Reporting on Migration & Minorities: Approach and Guidelines. Ethical Journalism Against Hate Speech.

United Nations. Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. (2018). United Nations.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2017). International Migration Policies: Data Booklet. United Nations.

White, A. (ed.). (2015). Moving Stories: International Review of How Media Cover Migration. Ethical Journalism Network.

World Journalism Education Council. (2007). Declaration of Principles. World Journalism Education Council.

World Bank Group. (2020). COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens. Migration and Development Brief 32. World Bank.

ILO Website Resources on Migration and Labor Migration

Forced labour and human trafficking in fisheries

Labour migration

Labour migration in Asia and the Pacific

Labour migration: Guidance for journalists

International Training Centre

Information System on International Labour Standards: Country Profile, Philippines

ILO Resources on Migration and Labor Migration

Andrees, B., Nasri, Alix., & Swiniarski, P. (2015). Regulating Labour Recruitment to Prevent Human Trafficking and to Foster Fair Migration: Models, Challenges and Opportunities. ILO.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. (2007). ASEAN.

Asian Development Bank Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, & the International Labour Organization. (2019). Building Partnerships for Effectively Managing Labor Migration: Lessons from Asian Countries. Asian Development Bank Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and ILO.

Asian Development Bank Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, & the International Labour Organization. (2015). Building Human Capital Through Labor Migration in Asia. Asian Development Bank Institute, International Labour Organization, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Asian Development Bank Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, & the International Labour Organization. (2014). Labor Migration, Skills & Student Mobility in Asia. Asian Development Bank Institute.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, & the International Labour Organization. (2015). Labour Market Trends Analysis and Labour Migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, India and Malaysia. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH and ILO.

Gordon, J. (2015). Global Labour Recruitment in a Supply Chain Context. ILO.

International Labour Office. (2014). Fair Migration: Setting an ILO Agenda. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2022). Just Transition Policy Brief: Human mobility and labour migration related to climate change in a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2021). Seasonal worker schemes in the Pacific through the lens of international human rights and labour standards: A summary report. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2021). ILO global estimates on migrant workers: Results and methodology. ILO.

International Labour Organization (2019). Digitalization to promote decent work for migrant workers in ASEAN: Thematic background paper for the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2017). Fair Recruitment Initiative: Fostering Fair Recruitment Practices, Preventing Human Trafficking and Reducing the cost of Labour Migration. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2016). Fourth Supplementary Report: Outcome of the Meeting of Experts on Fair Recruitment. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2015). Analytical Report on the International Labour Migration Statistics Database in ASEAN: Improving Data Collection for Evidence-Based Policy-Making. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2015). Protection of Migrant Workers in the Recruitment and Third Party Employment Process: International Standards and Guiding Principles Given by the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) and Private Employment Agencies Recommendation, 1997 (No. 188). ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2014). Rules of the Game: A Brief Introduction to International Labour Standards. ILO.

International Labour Organization. (2011). Convention No. 189 Decent Work for Domestic Workers [Factsheet]. ILO.

International Labour Organization and Walk Free Foundation. (2017). Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage. ILO and Walk Free Foundation.

International Labour Standards Department. (2015). Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). ILO.

ILO Regional Office for Arab States. (2015). Cooperating Out of Isolation:The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan [Working Paper]. ILO.

ILO Regional Office for Arab States and ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. (2015). Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour flows between Asia and Arab States [Background Paper]. ILO.

Jureidini, R. (2016). Ways Forward in Recruitment of Low-skilled Migrant Workers in the Asia-Arab States Corridor [White Paper]. ILO.

Spotlight Initiative. (2022). Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region. ILO and UN Women.

Zhou, M. (2017). Fair Share? International Recruitment in the Philippines. ILO.

Filipino Migrant Networks

Ako ay Pilipino – Newspaper for the Filipino community in Italy

Filipino Migrant News – The only fortnightly Filipino Newspaper in New Zealand since 2000

Info Migrants – Migrant website by three major media sources from France, Germany, and Italy.

Migrantes de otro mundo (Migrants from Another World) – Collaboration of 24 media organizations based in 14 countries to track migration in Latin America

Philippine Migrants Rights Watch

Pilipino sa Kuwait

The Migrant Newsletter – Newsletter of Filipino migrants in Germany

Via Times Newsmagazine – a newsmagazine for the US-Filipino community in the Greater Chicago area

Readings on Philippine Migration and Labor Migration

Alegre, M. & Morada, H. (1988). Internal Migration in the Philippines: A Historical Perspective. The Journal of History, Vol. 32-33 (1-2).

Basa, C., De Guzman, V. & Marchetti, S. (2012). International Migration and Over-indebtedness: the Case of Filipino Workers in Italy. International Institute for Environment and Development.

Calzado, R. (2007). Labour Migration and Development Goals. International Dialogue in Migration [online]. WMO Conference Center. Geneva. 8 October 2007.

De Leon, P. (2018), Why have Koreans migrated to Angeles City, Philippines? Journal of Development and Management Studies. Vol. 7 (40-51).

National Economic and Development Authority. (2017). The International Migration Almanac 2017.

Ofreneo, R. (2017). Mobility of Skilled Labor in the ASEAN: Free or Unfree? Paper delivered at the Policy Forum on “Legal Framework on ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs): The Need for National Regulatory Change,” sponsored by the King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI) with the cooperation of the National Assembly of Thailand, June 22, 2017, Royal Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

Opiniano, Jeremiah. (2019). Reporting on International Migration. In A. Luce, Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics. Routledge.

Ortiga, Yasmin. (2018). Learning to Fill the Labor Niche: Filipino Nursing Graduates and the Risk of the Migration Trap. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: New Immigrant Labor Market Niches, 4(1), 172-187.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI). (2019). 2018 National Migration Survey. Quezon City, Philippines: PSA and UPPI.

Reiterer, G. (1973). Filipino Austrians: Transforming Identities and Changing Selfhood Under Conditions of Migration. Philippine Sociological Review 56, 36-55.

Rodriguez, R. (2008). The Labor Brokerage State and the Globalization of Filipina Care Workers. Signs, 33 (4), 794-800.

Rodriguez, R. (2011). Philippine Migrant Workers’ Transnationalism in the Middle East. International Labor and Working-Class History, 79, 48-61.

Seemann, B. and Fischer, M. (2015). The Philippine Diaspora: Between American Dream and Serfdom. In G. Wahlers, From the Report Migration and Refugees. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

University of the Philippines-CIFAL Philippines. (2018). Korean Migration in the Philippines: A Data Snapshot.

Vilog, R. (2014). The Paradox of Immigration Politics: Revisiting the Dynamics of Philippine Nikkeijin Labor Migration. Asia Pacific Social Science Review, Vol. 14 (2).

World Bank Group. (2008). Managing Migration: Lessons from the Philippines. World Bank.

Journalism and Media Awards Related to Migration

2022 Annual Civic Journalism Community Press Awards

2021 Annual Civic Journalism Community Press Awards

ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

Migration Advocacy and Media Awards

One World Media Awards

Plural+ Awards for Young Filmmakers on Migration, Diversity, and Social Inclusion

The Global Migration Film Festival

Organizations and Websites

Asian Migrant Centre

Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants

Big Data for Migration Alliance

Commission on Filipinos Overseas

Department of Migrant Workers

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)

Global Migration Centre (GMC)

Humanity United

Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM)

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

International Trade Union Confederation

Migrante International

Migrant Forum in Asia

National Reintegration Center for OFWs

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – subsection on Migration

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

National Maritime Polytechnic

Philippine Migration Research Network

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

Philippine Overseas Labor Office, Department of Labor and Employment

Philippine Statistics Authority

Red Cross Global Campaign on Migration

Responsible Business Alliance

Scalabrini Migration Center

The Asia Foundation – Labor Migration

United Nations Network on Migration

United Nations University (UNU) Migration Network

UP-CIFAL Philippines