Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers (Hardcover)

Nguyen Thi Hong Yen

ISBN 10: 1666940372 / ISBN 13: 9781666940374

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024

About this Item

Hardcover. This collection provides insights into international labor migration in the context of globalization through the lens of international law and national law of some Asian countries that are the home countries of migrant workers. The main focus of the volume is on challenges regarding international labor migration that some developing countries in Asia have been confronted with. It investigates and determines current situations in some Asian developing countries having the majority of overseas migrant workers. It also places some emphasis on national regulatory systems of policies and regulations regarding overseas labour migration from those countries. In addition, in light of the current situation on international labour migration, the chapters outlines some recommendations and solutions for those selected developing countries in Asia to resolve existing problems to effectively ensure the protection of the rights of overseas labor migrants and governance of international labor migration in accordance with international standards. This collection provides a picture of legal and practical issues of migrant workers, including documented and undocumented migrant workers in the Asian region. It concludes by summarizing the difficulties governments have in protecting the rights of migrant workers, setting out potential future solutions based on member states' practices. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ensuring the Rights of Migrant Workers (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666940372
• ISBN 13: 9781666940374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This collection provides insights into international labor migration in the context of globalization through the lens of international law and national law of some Asian countries that are the home countries of migrant workers. The main focus of the volume is on challenges regarding international labor migration that some developing countries in Asia have been confronted with. It investigates and determines current situations in some Asian developing countries having the majority of overseas migrant workers. It also places some emphasis on national regulatory systems of policies and regulations regarding overseas labour migration from those countries. In addition, in light of the current situation on international labour migration, the chapters outlines some recommendations and solutions for those selected developing countries in Asia to resolve existing problems to effectively ensure the protection of the rights of overseas labor migrants and governance of international labor migration in accordance with international standards.

About the Author

Nguyen Thi Hong Yen is senior lecturer and researcher in the field of international law at Hanoi Law University.

Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is associate professor at Hanoi Law University.

Nguyen Toan Thang is general director of Comparative Law Institute at Hanoi Law University.

Su Wai Mon is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya.