Abstract
This chapter examines programmes to manage low-skilled labour migration. Most of these programmes are unilateral, meaning that migrant-receiving governments establish rules that employers must follow in order to receive permission to have legal foreign workers admitted. After approval is given by the receiving government to hire foreign workers, some countries allow employers to recruit migrants anywhere, subject only to sending-country rules, while others require employers to follow recruitment and employment rules laid out in bilateral agreements. Many bilateral programmes have goals beyond filling vacant jobs, including promoting development in migrants’ countries of origin, training migrants and facilitating the return of unauthorized foreigners.
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Martin, P. (2015). Low-Skilled Labour Migration and Free Trade Agreements. In: Panizzon, M., Zürcher, G., Fornalé, E. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352217_9
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