Intra-Regional Labour Mobility in the Arab World
- Document number
- 2318
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Intra-Regional Labour Mobility in the Arab World
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures,
- Summary
- The report, part of a joint project between the IOM and the ALO to assist countries in the Arab region to effectively manage human and labour mobility, finds that 5.8 out of 13 million Arab migrants worldwide reside in the region. It underlines that the migration corridor between Mashreq (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Syria, and Yemen) and the Arab Gulf remains the most significant one, with two in three migrants from the Mashreq and Yemen working in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Furthermore, the report finds that Arab countries received an estimated 35.1 billion USD in remittance inflows, marking a 6.6 per cent decline from 2008, mostly due to the effects of the financial crisis. Nevertheless, the Arab region remains a major origin of remittance outflows, with almost 31 billion USD being sent by foreign workers in 2008. - Related documents