"MIGRANT WORKERS"

Ahead of the International Migrants Day, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) urgently called on governments and health providers for better access to Covid-19 vaccines for migrants two years into the pandemic. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General.

The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held to launch the Middle East and Central Asia’s latest Regional Economic Outlook report. IMF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

High-level political forum considers findings, recommendations from regional commissions on progress, frameworks for achieving sustainable development.

High-level political forum considers findings, recommendations from regional commissions on progress, frameworks for achieving sustainable development.

Ten years after the adoption of an historic International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention that confirmed their labour rights, domestic workers are still fighting for recognition as workers and essential service providers.Working conditions for many have not improved in a decade and have been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new ILO report. ILO

Despite a massive 65 percent increase in migrants sending money home via mobile transfers in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of their rural family members struggle to access mobile banking services which could help lift them out of poverty. IFAD

As Lebanon is facing one of its worst financial and economic crises in its modern history grappling with an economic and financial meltdown, the UN estimates that over the next eight months some USD 300 million are required to cover the crucial needs of 1,5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers affected by the ongoing crisis. UNTV CH

The World Bank said today that remittance flows – the money that international migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries – remained resilient in 2020, declining just 1.6 percent year-over-year despite dire predictions earlier in the pandemic. WORLD BANK