FERME Seasonal Movement of Agri Workers

Date Shared:

Friday, January 3, 2014 - 11:15

Title:

FERME Seasonal Movement of Agri Workers

Countries and areas:

Canada, Guatemala

Thematic Area:

Labour migration and mobility, Remittances, Strategies for minimizing costs/maximizing human development

Tags:

Temporary and Circular Labour Migration, Capacity Building, Livelihoods and Job Creation, Gender

Summary:

Guatemala has been able to negotiate, through the Quebec Farmers Association "Ferme" large seasonal movements of agricultural workers under Canada's universal temporary foreign worker visa category. The program has been evaluated as highly successful in terms of almost 100% assured returns, high remittances, 20% female intake and improved family welfare back home.

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2007 - Report of Proceedings; Roundtable 1.2 "Temporary labor migration as a contribution to development: sharing responsibility."

GFMD 2009 - Roundtable 2.1 "Inclusion, protection and acceptance of migrants in society—linking human rights and migrant empowerment for development."

GFMD 2010 - Roundtable 1.1 "Partnerships for more regular and protected migration"

GFMD 2019 - Thematic Workshop on "Implementation of GCM at the National Level"

Link:

For more information:

http://www.fermequebec.com/