Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 is an

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Convention for

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s. It was established in 1949, with the preamble stating:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the
Migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...
for Employment Convention, 1939,... And the Article 1 states that: Each Member of the International Labour Organisation for which this Convention is in force undertakes to make available on request to the International Labour Office and to each Member, *a) information on national policies, law and regulations relating to emigration and immigration. *b) information on special provisions concerning migration for employment and the conditions of work and livelihood of migrants for employment. *c) information concerning general agreement and special arrangements on these questions concluded by the Member.

The convention was followed up by Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 and

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Modification

The principles contained in the convention are a revision of ILO Convention C66, Migration for Employment Convention, 1939, which was not ratified by any countries and never came into force.

Ratifications

As of 2021, the convention has been ratified by 53 states. Former parties to the statute include

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and

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, 17 Nov 1991 , In Force , - , Norway , 17 Feb 1955 , In Force , - , Philippines , 21 Apr 2009 , In Force , - , Portugal , 12 Dec 1978 , In Force , - , Saint Lucia , 14 May 1980 , In Force , - , Serbia , 24 Nov 2000 , ratified as

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, - , Sierra Leone , 25 Aug 2021 , In Force , - , Slovenia , 29 May 1992 , In Force , - , Somalia , 08 Mar 2021 , In Force , - , Spain , 21 Mar 1967 , In Force , - , Tajikistan , 10 Apr 2007 , In Force , - , Tanzania , 22 Jun 1964 , In Force , - , Trinidad and Tobago , 24 May 1963 , In Force , - , United Kingdom , 22 Jan 1951 , In Force , - , Uruguay , 18 Mar 1954 , In Force , - , Venezuela , 09 Jun 1983 , In Force , - , Zambia , 02 Dec 1964 , In Force , -

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