Recommendation R086 - Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86)
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2. The parties shall also determine the application of such recognition.
[ 3. In the case of refugees and displaced persons, the competent authority of the territory of immigration shall recognise the validity of any
travel document issued in lieu of a national passport by the competent authority of the territory of emigration and, in particular, of travel
documents issued in accordance with the terms of an international Agreement (e.g. the travel document established by the Agreement of 15
October 1946, and the Nansen passport).]
ARTICLE 5. CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA OF MIGRATION
1. The parties shall jointly determine :
(a) the requirements for migrants and members of their families, as to age, physical aptitude and health, as well as the occupational
qualifications for the various branches of economic activity and for the various occupational categories;
(b) the categories of the members of the migrants' families authorised to accompany or to join them.
2. The parties shall also determine, in accordance with the provisions of Article 28 of this Agreement :
(a) the numbers and occupational categories of migrants to be recruited in the course of a stated period;
(b) the areas of recruitment and the areas of placing and settlement [except that in the case of refugees and displaced persons the
determination of the areas of recruitment shall be reserved 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. In order to recruit migrants required to meet the technical needs of the territory of immigration and who can adapt themselves easily to the
conditions in the territory of immigration, the parties shall determine criteria to govern technical selection of the migrants.
4. In drawing up these criteria, the two parties shall take into consideration :
(a) with respect to medical selection:
(i) the nature of the medical examination which migrants shall undergo (general medical examination, X-ray examination, laboratory
examination, etc.) ;
(ii) the drawing up of lists of diseases and physical defects which clearly constitute a disability for employment in certain occupations;
(iii) minimum health provisions prescribed by international health conventions and relating to movement of population from one
country to another;
(b) with respect to vocational selection:
(i) qualifications required of migrants with respect to each occupation or groups of occupations;
(ii) enumeration of alternative occupations requiring similar qualifications or capacities on the part of the workers in order to fulfil the
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