World Day of social Justice 2018: Migrant labour resources

The 20th February was World Day of social Justice. the 2018 theme was workers on the Move




ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization was adopted on on 10 June 2008

The official website has related United Nations documents and declarations as well as details of the 2018 events.

For further information on migrant labour try these recommended academic resources.

How many migrant workers are there?

Try the global estimates from the ILO

IOM Migration data portal has good visualizations and recent data

The World Bank has data on labour migration and remittances.

OECD International Migration outlook includes movements and trends.

The UK national statistics office has data on the impact of international migration on the UK labour market. There is also some research on the impact of migrant workers on UK businesses


Standards and regulation.

ILO has international standards on migration.

The UNESCO website has information on the International Migration Convention.