Increasing sustainable jobs for migrant workers through informationservices and promoting safe and legal migration through trainingprogrammes were issues tabled for discussion on the first day of thethird ASEAN forum on migrant labour in Hanoi .
The two-day forum entitled “Enhancing awareness and information servicesto protect the rights of migrant workers” opened on July 19, drawingmore than 100 delegates from ASEAN members, international, social andnon-governmental organisations and a number of businesses involving inlabour export.
The participants also discussed theprovision of quality information on supply and demand for migrantworkers, education and assistance to migrant workers and the role oftrade unions.
They touched upon laws for foreignersworking in Vietnam , safe migration for ASEAN female workers andprotecting Vietnamese workers’ rights in foreign countries.
The participants put forth proposals, aimed at enhancinginformation on migrant workers’ rights in host countries and providinginformation at migrant workers’ request at the working sites andmechanisms to disseminate such information.
Implementing these proposals will enhance cooperation among theconcerned parties in protecting migrant worker rights and assist theimplementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Promotion and theProtection of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) as well as helpcompile the regional document on protecting migrant worker rights, theforum said.
The forum is the third annual activityof ASEAN members and part of the action programme of the ASEAN Committeeon the Implementation of the ACMW.
The first andsecond forum that took place in the Philippines and Thailandfocused on how to implement the ASEAN Declaration and discussed the maincontents of the regional document on protecting migrant worker rights./.
The two-day forum entitled “Enhancing awareness and information servicesto protect the rights of migrant workers” opened on July 19, drawingmore than 100 delegates from ASEAN members, international, social andnon-governmental organisations and a number of businesses involving inlabour export.
The participants also discussed theprovision of quality information on supply and demand for migrantworkers, education and assistance to migrant workers and the role oftrade unions.
They touched upon laws for foreignersworking in Vietnam , safe migration for ASEAN female workers andprotecting Vietnamese workers’ rights in foreign countries.
The participants put forth proposals, aimed at enhancinginformation on migrant workers’ rights in host countries and providinginformation at migrant workers’ request at the working sites andmechanisms to disseminate such information.
Implementing these proposals will enhance cooperation among theconcerned parties in protecting migrant worker rights and assist theimplementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Promotion and theProtection of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) as well as helpcompile the regional document on protecting migrant worker rights, theforum said.
The forum is the third annual activityof ASEAN members and part of the action programme of the ASEAN Committeeon the Implementation of the ACMW.
The first andsecond forum that took place in the Philippines and Thailandfocused on how to implement the ASEAN Declaration and discussed the maincontents of the regional document on protecting migrant worker rights./.
