Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region Current Affairs, GK & News

2018 International Migrants Day (IMD)

The International Migrants Day (IMD) is observed every year on 18th of December to protect the rights of migrant workers and members of their families. On this day, in 1990, The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members ..

Topics: Dignity • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families • International Migrants Day • Law by country • Migrant workers • Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention • Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region • Politics • Women migrant workers from developing countries

UN World Migration Report 2018

According to recently released UN World Migration Report (2018), published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), India has largest diaspora in the world with more than 15.6 million people from India living overseas. Of the international migrants (people living outside the country of their birth) which was estimated at 243 million in 2015, the ..

Topics: Academic disciplines • Demography • Diaspora • Human migration • International Organization for Migration • Migrant worker • Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region • Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin