Protection of citizens in hot spots
Vietnam is one of countries with high international migrants to more
than 500,000 people are working and studying in a foreign country, not
to mention people who have citizenship in countries
12-9,
in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen province, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
coordinated the international Organization for Migration (IOM) organized
a workshop on "Dealing with migration crisis and Vietnam protection of
citizens abroad" .
Vulnerable groups
Nguyen
Thi Huong Lan, Deputy International Migration Division of the Consular
Department (Foreign Ministry), said that the world had never witnessed
rapid migration with over 232 current million, accounting for more than
3, 3% of the world population.
Vietnam is one of countries with high international migrants. According
to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Vietnam currently has more than
500,000 people are working and studying in a foreign country, not to
mention people who have citizenship in the country. From
1970 to 1980, Vietnam has an exodus of more than 1 million people
abroad and after 1980, a second major wave of migration occurred when
nearly 300,000 people into the countries of the former Soviet Union,
Eastern Europe under comprehensive labor cooperation.
Mr. Jobst Koehler (left), IOM Chief of Mission in Vietnam, talked about helping Vietnam protection of citizens abroad
When the Gulf War broke out in 1991, tens of thousands of workers Vietnam in this area in a situation dangerous to life. A campaign by the government to evacuate successfully deployed more than 17,000 workers in Iraq on domestic Vietnam. In 2011, a crisis more international migration takes place when the Libyan conflict, civil war. One campaign continues to evacuate is made to put Vietnam on the 10,000 workers in the country to return. From January 6-2014 far, Vietnam continues to implement the campaign
to bring thousands to evacuate people in Libya and Ukraine out of the
war zone.
Nguyen
Huu Trang, Director of the Consular Department, said that the world is
living complex civil wars, ethnic conflicts, wars frequently occurred in
Africa, the Middle East ... led to the death , casualties. Over
the years, in addition to community benefits that Vietnam offers
overseas, this is vulnerable group due to the instability caused abroad.
"The time in eastern Ukraine are more than 300 households in Vietnam
who need help before the unrest in the region," - he said Rover.
According
Jopst Koehler, IOM Chief of Mission in Vietnam, Vietnam is one of
countries with the number of migrants abroad much of the world. Currently citizens of Vietnam were present in more than 40 countries, including many where instability.
Implications line
Chris
Topher Hopman, emergency response experts and the IOM post-crisis Asia -
Pacific, said he was thrilled to witness hordes Vietnam who sought to
cross the border to Libya lodging and efforts of the Government of Vietnam in making these people escape the land of death. "Vietnam is one of the countries soon put out of Libyan citizens in the last 6 months" - Chris Topher Hopman said.
According to this expert, migration crisis domino identifiable, ie implications will line up the long-term effects. A
major domestic labor in Vietnam to Libya to work, hours must return
empty-handed, unemployment does not only affect them but also for the
whole family. "Every citizen government in crisis affected migrants to understand
their aspirations are those reasonable protective measures" - Chris
Topher Hopman said.
Pham
Viet Huong, Deputy Director of the Overseas Labor Management under the
Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, said after the
migration crisis and put the country Vietnam citizen, has criticized the
Fund overseas employment assistance to support 1 million workers each; directed the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to implement support measures for their local employment; the labor export enterprises preferred to recruit the number of workers in other countries. The provinces have foreign workers returning budget also supports export 1-3 million per person to settle temporarily.
According
to Huong, Vietnam needs to negotiate and conclude agreements, bilateral
agreements on labor cooperation, mutual legal assistance with countries
Vietnam labor to create the legal basis for the authorities protection of performing overseas workers.