DIPLOMACIA
1949 (No. 97) Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86) Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143) Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975 (No. 151) 33 United Nations Convention 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
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Labour migration: Facts and figures • •
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Globally there are 232 million international migrants around the world1. Most international migration today is related to seeking employment. More than 90per cent of all international migrants are workers and their families2. There are an estimated 740 million people whom migrant internally, in most cases in search for decent employment and better
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livelihoods3. The total number of migrants has risen by 57 million since 2000 and 19% of this increase occurred within the past three years4 Currently, the world´s largest corridor of international migration is between the United States and Mexico. 48 per cent of all international migrants are women, who are increasingly migrating for work. 21 million people are in forced labour and trafficked globally. Of the total figure, 9.1 million people (44%) moved for work. It is estimated that one in eight migrants are between the ages of 15 and 24. In 2013, Asians represented the largest diaspora group residing outside their major area of birth. Migrant workers who borrow money from third parties face an increased risk of being in forced labour.
The number of international migrants worldwide
reaches 232 million. Population Facts. Department of Economics and Social Affairs. September 2013. 2
Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy
and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda.
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Fair recruitment initiative.
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Promoting decent work for migrant workers. ILO.
February 2015.
Migración en Estados Unidos De cara a una nueva elección presidencial en Estados Unidos, la población migrante de 40.4 millones de personas, incluyendo los 11 millones de indocumentados, ha tomado suma relevancia. Durante el año 2013 un total de 779.929 personas se convirtieron en ciudadanos estadounidenses naturalizados, llegando desde México (12,7%) India (6,4%) Filipinas (5,6%) República Dominicana (5,1%) y China (3,9%).
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