According to the latest global estimates of modern slavery, approximately 25 million people worldwide are working in situations of forced labour. Unethical recruitment is a root cause of forced labour, as a large share of migrant workers, rather than employers, are still paying for recruitment mediation fees, suffering from personal debt, a lack of transparency about their eventual working conditions, and inadequate legal protections in the countries in which they work.
IOM, the UN Migration Agency and the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 17 October 2017 to boost cooperation, promote ethical recruitment and protect the rights of migrant workers.
To learn more, visit:
www.iom.int/labour-migration
www.iris.iom.int
