Proceedings of the Third Policy Dialogue on the Roles of Countries of Origin in Supporting Migrants’ Access to Social Security

From 30 to 31 January 2024, the Mekong Migration Network (MMN) organised the Third Policy Dialogue on the Roles of Countries of Origin in Supporting Migrants’ Access to Social Security in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. More than 50 representatives from governments, civil society organisations (CSOs), recruitment agencies’ associations from Cambodia and Vietnam, the embassies of the Republic of the Philippines and Japan in Phnom Penh, intergovernmental organisations, and international non-governmental organisations gathered to review research findings from MMN’s publication Navigating Social Security Systems: The Roles of Mekong Countries of Origin in Supporting Migrant Workers in Thailand and Japan. They also discussed Mekong migrant workers’ knowledge of and access to the social security systems of Thailand and Japan, and the roles that countries of origin can play in safeguarding migrants’ entitlements.

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