Recommendation R086 - Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86)
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(a) the term migrant for employment means a person who migrates from one country to another with a view to being employed otherwise
than on his own account and includes any person regularly admitted as a migrant for employment;
(b) the term recruitment means-(i) the engagement of a person in one territory on behalf of an employer in another territory, or
(ii) the giving of an undertaking to a person in one territory to provide him with employment in another territory, together with the making of
any arrangements in connection with the operations mentioned in (i) and (ii) including the seeking for and selection of emigrants and the
preparation for departure of the emigrants;
(c) the term introduction means any operations for ensuring or facilitating the arrival in or admission to a territory of persons who have been
recruited within the meaning of subparagraph (b);
(d) the term placing means any operations for the purpose of ensuring or facilitating the employment of persons who have been introduced
within the meaning of subparagraph (c).
2. For the purpose of this Recommendation, references to the Government or competent authority of a territory of emigration should be interpreted as
referring, in the case of migrants who are refugees or displaced persons, to any body established in accordance with the terms of an international
instrument which may be responsible for the protection of refugees and displaced persons who do not benefit from the protection of any Government.
3. This Recommendation does not apply to-(a) frontier workers;
(b) short-term entry of members of the liberal professions and artistes; and
(c) seamen.
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(1) It should be the general policy of Members to develop and utilise all possibilities of employment and for this purpose to facilitate the
international distribution of manpower and in particular the movement of manpower from countries which have a surplus of manpower to those
countries that have a deficiency.
(2) The measures taken by each Member should have due regard to the manpower situation in the country and the Government should consult the
appropriate organisations of employers and workers on all general questions concerning migration for employment.
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