It has been well noted by scholars and international organisations that the migration of individuals abroad for work has been on the rise (Mackenzie, 2005; ILO, 2017; ILO, 2015). These people move with the prospect that benefits will be higher than remaining in their country of origin (Martin, 2010), yet, migrant workers encounter several challenges, including difficulty in accessing social protection (Olivier, 2017), which may lead to costs, precarity, and vulnerability. Problems tend to be even more pronounced for low skilled migrant workers (Martin, 2010). Sending countries, therefore, could play a key role in ensuring their workers are protected while working overseas (Agunias and Ruiz, 2007) through unilateral measures such as welfare funds. An example is the Overseas Workers Welfare...
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