Right to Work

Our Work

When forcibly displaced people can access work, they are more independent and can more fully contribute their skills and knowledge to their host communities. Though the right to work is enshrined in international law, in most situations, refugees struggle to access decent work in practice. This creates a wide range of challenges and forgone benefits, including risks for those who turn to the informal economy, lower incomes and living standards, and much greater dependency on aid.

Refugees International, in partnership with the Center for Global Development, researches innovative policy solutions and ideas to expand labor market access for refugees and forced migrants around the world and supports efforts to mobilize the private sector and other partners to champion this cause.