Pre-Departure Handbooks

Date Shared:

Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 12:30

Title:

Pre-Departure Handbooks

Countries and areas:

Bangladesh

Partner(s):

IOM

Thematic Area:

Labour migration and mobility, Strategies for addressing irregular migration and enabling regular migration

Tags:

Temporary and Circular Labour Migration, Costs of Migration, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants

Summary:

For pre- departure orientation, the Bangladesh government has, with an international partner, introduced destination-specific, pocket-size handbooks containing key information about the law, culture, language, emergency contacts, remittance transfer method etc. of the destination country.

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2007 - Roundtable 1.3 "The role of other-than government partners in strengthening the developmental contribution of temporary labor migration."

Link:

For more information:

http://med-mig.ips.lk/handle/789/147