Social protection for unskilled migrant workers in Sri Lanka : legal aspects, National Policies, and Social Protection Programmes / Roshini Jayaweera, Marasinghe Mudiyanselage Gunatilake, editors.
Jayaweera, Roshini, editor.; Gunatilake, Marasinghe Mudiyanselage, editor.
2023
HD5856.S72
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Title Social protection for unskilled migrant workers in Sri Lanka : legal aspects, National Policies, and Social Protection Programmes / Roshini Jayaweera, Marasinghe Mudiyanselage Gunatilake, editors.
ISBN 9783031334764 (electronic bk.)
3031334760 (electronic bk.)
9783031334757
3031334752
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33476-4
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xx, 156 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-33476-4 doi
Call Number HD5856.S72
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.625493
Summary This book is about the social protection of lower-skilled migrants from Sri Lanka. It reasons out the importance of protecting Sri Lankan migrant workers considering the significant economic contribution of lower-skilled migrant workers and their higher level of exposure to risks at all stages of international migration: pre-departure, on the job, and after returnee reintegration. The book explores social protection programmes for low-skilled immigrants from three perspectives: legal aspects, national policies, and programmes. The chapter on legal background for protecting migrant workers focuses on declarations and on labour laws on the national and international level. Policies and programmes identify national level labour policies and other related policies that apply to migrant workers, as well as available social protection programmes for Sri Lankan migrant workers. In turn, the solutions for minimizing the related risks faced by Sri Lankan migrant workers. Highlighting the economic contribution of migrant workers and their vulnerability at all stages of migration, this book offers a timely and important contribution for policy makers and practitioners as well as scholars of migration studies, public policy and related fields.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 3, 2023).
Added Author Jayaweera, Roshini, editor.
Gunatilake, Marasinghe Mudiyanselage, editor.
Series Contemporary South Asian studies, 2509-4181
Available in Other Form Social Protection for Unskilled Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka
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Introduction
Background
Economic Contribution of Migrant Workers
Risk and Wellbeing of migrant workers
Social Protection for Migrant Workers:A Legal Perspective
Social Protection for Migrant Workers: The Case of Sri Lanka
Conclusion.

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