The ASEAN Multilateral Framework on Migration can guide migration policies, but the main mechanisms for facilitating labour migration are likely to be bilateral agreements. These need to be simplified and strengthened to ensure that migrant workers are protected and treated fairly. So it is important that governments ratify
The ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011
(No. 189), extend the necessary rights and protections. It is also important to enforce labour laws based on principles of equal treatment of migrant workers. This would help reduce labour market segmentation and minimize dependence
on cheap foreign workers.