The Role of the Labour Department in International Labour Migrant Management in Ghana
Eugene Narh Korletey *
Department of Labour, P.O.Box M 55, Accra, Ghana.
Eric Bossman Asare
Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Ghana.
Joseph Kofi Teye
Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana, Ghana.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
International migration is the major integral part of international economic relations and significant component of the globalized world. Its issues cannot be comprehended without considering levels of policy at national, regional and global forums have attracted high levels of policy consideration at national, regional and global forums. It linkages the development in countries and migrant workers in terms of an emerging international consensus on the positive aspects of labour migration cannot be overemphasized. Therefore, the study sought to examines how the labour department manages international labour migration in Ghana. The snowball, stratified sampling techniques and in-depth interviews were used for data collection. The study showed that in spite of the absence of national migration policy, the labour department has been mandated with registration, licensing and monitoring of private employment agencies in the country. The study showed major challenge of labour department raising security deposits of GH₵ 25,000 as the registration requirement. The study also discusses the institutional collaboration that exists between the labour department and other state and international organizations as well as private entities in respect of labour migration in the country. The study concluded that the level of collaboration between the labour department and other institutions including state and international organization in respect of international labour migration management can be explained within the context of the migration systems theory.
Keywords: International organization, labour migration, globalized world