WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in hiring or recruitment on the basis of migrant status?

The term “migrant status” includes references to ‘internal migrants’, ‘foreign migrant workers’, ‘immigrant status’, ‘foreign citizens’, and ‘economic migrants.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “migrant status” captures all of these definitions.

Hiring or recruitment includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discrimination during pre-employment, or the hiring or recruitment process.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in hiring or recruitment on the basis of migrant status. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment means that legislation prohibits discrimination in hiring or recruitment generally— for example, by prohibiting discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of migrant status.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of migrant status, but does not explicitly address discrimination in hiring nor recruitment on this basis. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, migrant status-based prohibition means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit migrant status-based prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment, or b) extends a broad prohibition of migrant status-based workplace discrimination alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment to all workers.

Countries

Algeria - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Australia - No prohibition

Austria - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Bahrain - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Barbados - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Comoros - No prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Cyprus - No prohibition

Denmark - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

Dominican Republic - No prohibition

Ecuador - No prohibition

Egypt - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Equatorial Guinea - No prohibition

Fiji - No prohibition

France - No prohibition

The Gambia - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Greece - No prohibition

Greenland - No prohibition

Grenada - No prohibition

Guinea - No prohibition

Guyana - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Honduras - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Kiribati - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Lesotho - No prohibition

Liechtenstein - No prohibition

Luxembourg - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Maldives - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Malta - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Mauritius - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Morocco - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Norway - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Panama - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

Samoa - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Spain - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - No prohibition

St. Lucia - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Eswatini - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Switzerland - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Togo - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Türkiye - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Afghanistan - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Albania - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Belarus - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Bolivia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Bosnia and Herzegovina - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Brazil - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Burkina Faso - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

China - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Costa Rica - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Croatia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Guatemala - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Latvia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Libya - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Peru - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Saudi Arabia - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

South Africa - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

United Arab Emirates - General prohibition of discrimination in hiring or recruitment

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Belize - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Burundi - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Cabo Verde - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Central African Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Eritrea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Ethiopia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Gabon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Germany - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Republic of Korea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Mongolia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Mozambique - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Nicaragua - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Vietnam - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on migrant status

Andorra - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Armenia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Azerbaijan - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Cambodia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Chad - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Czech Republic - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Djibouti - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Iraq - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Israel - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Kazakhstan - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Malawi - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Namibia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Russian Federation - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Serbia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Seychelles - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Syria - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Tajikistan - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Turkmenistan - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Ukraine - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Uzbekistan - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Venezuela - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition

Zambia - Yes, migrant status-specific prohibition