Islamabad: The main objective of the session is to onboard community based organizations and media individuals to provide accurate and well-in-time information on safe and legal migration, referral and counseling as well as raising awareness on irregular migration and the consequences persist therein too.
A rich number of CBO’s heads, prominent media representatives and famous social activists are likely to participate in the virtual outreach session; to be held today (Thursday) at 3 pm sharp.
It is pertinent to mention over here that the Migrant Resource Centre is aimed to provide the accessibility to general and specific information on migration, provide potential migrants with information and counseling on safe migration as well as raise awareness on irregular migration and the related serious risks.
As Pakistan has a long history of labor migration to the Middle East and is the second largest manpower sending country after India in South Asia. During the period of 1971-2015, more than eight million Pakistanis have officially proceeded abroad for employment.
Out of this total labor migration, about 96 percent have proceeded to the six Gulf Cooperation Council member states in which the key destination countries are Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Among all emigrants from Pakistan in the year 2015, 41 percent were skilled, 16 percent semi-skilled and 40 percent are un-skilled.
The migrant workers bring substantial benefits like remittances in origin countries and human capital in destination countries but unfortunately the official channels for migration are failing to distribute the benefits equitably among the employers, intermediaries and workers. – PR
