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The International Labour Organization will conduct research into the experiences that Myanmar migrant workers have faced abroad and how the country benefits after they return home, according to the UN agency. The research will start next month in locations that send the most labourers abroad – Meiktila andMyingyan townships in Mandalay Region, as well as Kayin and Shan states – in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population’s Labour Department, Jacqueline Pollock, a chief technical adviser for the ILO, told media on June 27. The study is expected to take about one month. Researchers will examine the experiences of both male and female migrant workers, she added, noting that last year nearly 4 percent of Myanmar nationals were estimated to be working abroad. Meanwhile, the ILO is also working in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population to offer training on migration labourer management in Mandalay Region. The aim of the collaboration and research is to develop better policies and more services for migrant workers. “Myanmar sends its people to 16 countries. Moreover, there are also migrant workers in the country moving from one region to another. So, people need to widely know about migration management to provide the required services to migrant workers. In Mandalay, centres for providing assistance to migrant workers have been opened in Kyaukse, Myingyan and Meiktila,” said U Myo Thit, Mandalay Region’s labour affairs minister. Millions of Myanmar nationals have pursued work overseas, seeking better employment prospects than they face at home, where decades of economic mismanagement by the former military regime has only in recent years given way to reforms propelling the country to economic growth that is expected to be the fastest in Asia this year. Last week Myanmar labour groups called for the ILO to open a full country office, hoping to upgrade its presence here, which at the moment consists only of a liaison office.
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ILO, Myanmar, migrant workers, Mandalay, Immigration and Population Labour Department, policy, service, frmale migrant workers, reforms,employment
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