Labor migration has become a topic of global interest.
"OIT global estimates on migrant workers" of the International Labor Organization (ILO, 2015) estimated that there are around 232 million migrants in the world, of whom 150 million are migrant workers: 65 percent of the total.
Labor migration is a complex phenomenon that presents challenges and opportunities that, if well managed, can maintain and often increase the economic growth of the countries of destination and reduce poverty in the countries of origin.
When most of the migratory flows are for labor purposes, the ILO recommends that labor migration policies have a long-term vision, and that they be integrated and coherent with socio-economic policies in other relevant areas such as employment, training and social security.
By 2030 it has been defined in the terms: "Protect labor rights and promote a safe and secure work environment for all workers, including migrant workers, particularly migrant women and people in precarious jobs."
To this end, the ILO believes that it is necessary to assign to the Ministries of Labor a key role in the formulation, elaboration, management and administration of labor migration policies in order to ensure that aspects related to labor migration are taken into account. work and employment policies.
