- GENEVA: The Indonesian president says labor migration from the Mideast and climate change are among the top challenges facing workers so far in the 21st century.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the 100th annual meeting of the International Labor Organization on Tuesday that “massive labor migrations” caused by the global financial crisis and uprisings that have toppled leaders in Tunisia and Egypt and spread to Libya and Syria must be urgently addressed.
Yudhoyono also called attention to “the repercussions of climate change, which affects productivity and creates economic dislocation.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also to address the three-week labor conference at the UN’s European headquarters Tuesday.
