The Institute for Human Rights and Business and FairSquare, on 7 July 2021, organised a webinar to discuss the role of governments to ensure fair and ethical recruitment for migrant workers. The webinar drew on the findings of FairSquare’s Five Corridors Project research. The five Corridor Project focused on five labour migration corridors: Myanmar to Thailand; Nepal to Kuwait; Nepal to Qatar; Philippines to Taiwan; and Mexico to Canada. It assessed nine interdependent areas of government policy, comprising 44 indicators. this includes among others, job mobility for migrant workers and pathways to permanent residence and citizenship.

The webinar offered answers to the following questions:

• How can states ensure that the costs of recruitment are borne by business and workers are not indebted through recruitment charges?; 
• Can recruitment be considered fair if workers end up in tied visa systems?
• Where does the balance of power lie between origin and destination states?

Speakers

• Lou de Baca, Ambassador (retd) Luis C.deBaca; Former US Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
• Neha Misra, Senior Specialist on Migration and Human Trafficking, Solidarity Center
• James Lynch, Founding Co-Director of FairSquare
• John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB (Moderator)