Labour Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean Diagnosis, Strategy, and Ilo's Work in the Region

Date of Publication

2021 12:00 AM

Security Theme

Migration

Keywords

Migration, Labour Migration, latin america, caribbean, migration flows

Description

As in the rest of the world, in Latin America and the Caribbean migration has been expanding in volume, dynamism, and complexity over the past decades and is closely linked to the world of work and the quest for employment, income, and decent work opportunities. Today, almost all countries in the region are part of migration flows, whether as countries of origin, transit or destination. The United States of America continues to be the main country of destination for most Latin America and Caribbean migrant workers and their families. Yet, migration has become more diverse and intense in intra-regional migration corridors to countries like Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago; as well as in inter-regional corridors, particularly to countries such as Canada, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. This report contains a diagnosis, as updated as possible with available information from major migration corridors in the American continent, intra and inter-regional wise. It describes the common features of these corridors; analyses the weaknesses and challenges of public policies and governance in such corridors; and describes the progress, good practices, and opportunities to improve labour migration in the region. Based on the above-mentioned diagnosis and the institutional mandate of the ILO, the last section presents ILO’s strategy and lines of work in labour migration to be implemented in the Latin American and Caribbean region during the 2016-2019 period.

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Labour Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean Diagnosis, Strategy, and Ilo's Work in the Region

As in the rest of the world, in Latin America and the Caribbean migration has been expanding in volume, dynamism, and complexity over the past decades and is closely linked to the world of work and the quest for employment, income, and decent work opportunities. Today, almost all countries in the region are part of migration flows, whether as countries of origin, transit or destination. The United States of America continues to be the main country of destination for most Latin America and Caribbean migrant workers and their families. Yet, migration has become more diverse and intense in intra-regional migration corridors to countries like Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago; as well as in inter-regional corridors, particularly to countries such as Canada, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. This report contains a diagnosis, as updated as possible with available information from major migration corridors in the American continent, intra and inter-regional wise. It describes the common features of these corridors; analyses the weaknesses and challenges of public policies and governance in such corridors; and describes the progress, good practices, and opportunities to improve labour migration in the region. Based on the above-mentioned diagnosis and the institutional mandate of the ILO, the last section presents ILO’s strategy and lines of work in labour migration to be implemented in the Latin American and Caribbean region during the 2016-2019 period.