Tunisia: Labour Migration Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in European and North African Countries

The first virtual regional conference, from 5 to 7 July, on Labour Migration Responses to COVID-19 in European and North African Countries entitled “Labour Migration Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in European and North African Countries: Strategic and Operational Trends, Lessons and Sharing of Experience,” was held.

 

work of cooperation between North African countries and the European Union and to strengthen mechanisms to protect migrant workers in the light of human rights and international labour conventions of labour migration.

 

The conference discussed possible cooperation programs that would reorganize labour migration circuits between North African and European countries to reduce the impact of COVID-19, to provide possible safe migration options, and to offer effective regulation of employment abroad.

 

It has called for the adoption of international policies based on cooperation to curb irregular migration, especially after the repercussions of COVID-19.

 

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