Platform Labour Migration

tweeting about internal and international #LabourMigration issues. RTs to inspire conversation only.

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

/Digital Sojourners: How technological change is shaping life for urban migrants and the cities they settle in_

📣don't miss this research talk by @cmartinshields from @DIE_GDI

register now 👇

https://t.co/uTnLlg6yvF

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

📢3 more days to register for the research talk of Anjana Ramkumar from @Cornell on eco-social dimensions of agriculture and alternative development:

https://t.co/qsAHZmQbtM

[World Food Programme @WFP]

Most migrant workers work in the informal sector and are often the first to lose their jobs during times of crisis.

The economic impact of #COVID19 threatens to push many more into poverty and hunger.

New study from @WFP and @UNmigration🔀 https://t.co/5QSH7IzOkC

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

.@ all students in migration and development research:
There is an interesting opportunity to dive into the #migration-#development-#sustainablitiy nexus
#internships #developmentstudies #migrationstudies
👇

[RGS-IBG Higher Ed @RGS_IBGhe]

Area, Vol 52, Issue 3, Sep 2020:
12/24 – “When the origin becomes the destination: Lost remittances and social resilience of return labour migrants in Thailand”, by @simonpeth (@GIUB_Research) & @PSakdapolrak (@univienna)
https://t.co/wGO7Zn0TKN

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

We are glad to announce t/ research talk of @cmartinshields from @DIE_GDI on how technological change & digitisation is shaping life for urban migrants and the cities they live in.

👉You can register here: https://t.co/fA5WG9yma2 via @SpacesSocieties @uniinnsbruck

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

Arrival or Transient Spaces?

Some thoughts about it by @TabeaBork and @simonpeth 💭 👇

https://t.co/VGwHXbzG1N

[Urban Planning @CogitatioUP]

⚠️Hot off the press! New issue about #migrants and #urban arrival neighbourhoods, available in #openaccess. Edited by Yvonne Franz and Heike Hanhörster: https://t.co/iKdAlVAwOV

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

New paper by @TabeaBork and @simonpeth on transient urban spaces

#urbanism #urbangeography #arrivalspaces #migration #translocality

https://t.co/VGwHXbzG1N

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

"A mobile phone is not just a communication tool; it is a connection to #urban society"

The next #TransientSpacesBlog post is online. This time by @cmartinshields from @DIE_GDI on mobile use of #migrants in Bogota, #Colombia. Check it out 📲🇨🇴👇
#scicomm
https://t.co/LgZE6VU8KZ

[Transient_ Spaces & Societies (Research Group) @SpacesSocieties]

The next #TransientSpacesBlog post is online.

This time by @AyonaDatta from @UCLgeography with a deep and thoughtful piece on survival infrastructures under #COVID19 in #India:
https://t.co/BqM1mFXlih
#Migration #UrbanMobility #UrbanSpaces #ResearchBlogging

[Norway | African Union @NorwayAU]

How do we harness the benefits of free movement of persons for sustainable development in #Africa?

Well managed #labourmigration, effective #bordermanagement and cross-country cooperation is important!

More solutions currently being discussed at the 4th #PAFOM in 🇩🇯

[UNDP in Kyrgyzstan @undpkg]

#GenderDimension of #LabourMigration should he taken into account that #migration increasingly feminized. 2/3 of women are paid cash-in-hand, working more than 10 hours and 5.6 days a week in average, and facing #discrimination and #stigma.

[Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon @ColonjuwonILO]

This is dear to my heart!
Delighted and honored to have signed on behalf of @ILOAfrica & with my sister @MaureenAAchieng, @IOMEthiopia the MoU on effective #LabourMigration in #Africa. Thanks to the great support provided by @Sida for this @_AfricanUnion led initiative.

[ILO Office for the United Nations @ILO_NewYork]

"Most migrants enter through legal ways, yet, governance of labour migration is fragmented."- @michelletleigh1 describing the necessity of fair recruitment and better governance. #GCM #Labourmigration #FairRecruitment

[ICMPD @ICMPD]

Have you read our new #ViennaMigConf 2018 conference report? It provides a summary of all the discussed topics as well as the core statements of all panellists. https://t.co/sT3crt88cC
#FutureMigration #RefugeeProtection #LabourMigration #EUMigration #GlobalCompactMigration

[Amy Leach @_amy_leach]

'Migration is the most effective way to reduce poverty and share prosperity, the twin goals of the World Bank' says @WorldBank research.

@martaforesti on why @DavidMalpassWBG should walk the talk and make #labourmigration a top priority for the Bank.

https://t.co/o1WyK6jQaO

[Alexandra Bonnie @Alexabonnie]

Sharing with a team of economist researchers good practices and challenges on how to integrate #labourmigration in labor market information systems (LMIS). Working on developing a regional research study for Central America and Mexico @OIMCentroAmer @impaqint @OIT_AmerCentral

[European University Institute @EUI_EU]

New in #EUIdeas!

@MartinRuhs and Philip Martin argue the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is too distanced from labour market realities to improve #labour #migration #governance.

https://t.co/5kT5taZRpI

#EUIdeas #labourmigration