Definition
Labor migrants are defined by the International Labor Organization as international migrants who are currently employed or unemployed and looking for employment in their current country of residence (2015). Meanwhile, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Statistical Division (2017) has defined them as foreigners admitted by a receiving State specifically to work or perform an economic activity and be compensated within such a host country. The length of stay of these labor migrants is usually restricted by the type of employment that they can do. Depending on the host country’s regulations, their dependents are also included in this category.
Migration, in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Goal 10, has to do with the underlying goals of:
(10.7) Facilitating orderly, safe, regular and responsible...
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Velas-Suarin, M.A.M. (2021). Labor Migration: Issues and Challenges in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Gökçin Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95882-8_26
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