Workforce Migrations Under Review

A new report released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare shows inter- and intra-provincial migrations as well as migrations from abroad stood at 636,000 in the fiscal 2019-20. 
The number declined by 10.5% from 711,000 people in the fiscal 2018-19 and 6.9% from 684,000 people in the fiscal 2017-18.
In the fiscal 2019-20, 533,000 migrants were of working age, registering a 9.8% and 5.1% decline from 590,000 people in the fiscal 2018-19 and 561,000 migrants in the fiscal 2017-18 respectively.
The proportion of working age migrants from the total number of migrations had an upward trend and reached 83.7% in the fiscal 2019-20 from 82.1% in the fiscal 2017-18.