
The objectives of the MOU is to facilitate safe and legal migration by promoting orderly migration of workers from India to meet the growing demand for skilled and trained workers in the Danish economy and to prevent illegal migration and the smuggling of people for financial benefits.
The proposed MOU provides for cooperation between the two countries concerning the branches:
(a) labour market expansion;
(b) employment facilitation;
(c) organized entry and orderly migration, and;
(d) exchange of information and cooperation in introducing best practices for mutual benefit of labour and employment for qualified workers within their national objectives and the relevant laws; equal treatment of workers; promoting direct contact between the employers in Denmark and the state managed or private recruiting agencies in India without intermediaries to facilitate regular and orderly recruitment of workers; protection and welfare of all categories of workers under the labour laws and other relevant laws of the host country.
GFMD 2010 - Roundtable 1.1 "Partnerships for more regular and protected migration"