SAARC must protect migrant workers: ILO
The welfare and protection of migrant workers should be part of SAARC agenda as South Asia provides 15 lakh workers to labour-receiving countries every year, government and ILO officials said on Monday. As 43 per cent of the South Asian migrant workers serve in other South Asian countries, the incorporation is necessary, they said. The welfare of South Asian migrant workers has become a matter of concern since the recruitment of workers in the South Asian countries is plagued with corrupt practices, said the International Labour Organisation.