The ILO received more than 300 entries. An independent panel of five judges reviewed the entries based on the criteria of creativity, accuracy and balance, protection of migrants and positive portrayal of labour migration.

The competition aims to promote quality reporting on labour migration issues, as balanced and ethical reporting play an important role in addressing stereotypes and misconceptions, as well as highlighting the positive contribution migrant workers make in their origin and destination countries.

After a rigorous review process, prizes have been awarded to the following winners in two categories:

Winners

• Abuses on U.S. bases in Persian Gulf ensnare legions of migrant workers, by Katie McQue, Published in The Washington Post, (27 October 2022) – Professional Prize
• Dal Punjab a Latina, pagare per diventare schiavo, by Ankita Anand, Daniela Sala and Marco Valle, published in IrpiMedia, (19 October 2022) – Professional Prize
• Wonder women: central African refugee women raising the ceiling through entrepreneurial skills, by Rekiatu Musa Jingi, published in Soundcloud, (6 June 2022) – Professional Prize
• What it takes to send a family of Filipino domestic workers abroad, by Jan Cuyco and Cristina Chi, published in Tinig Ng Plaridel, (14 March 2022) – Student prize

Finalists

In addition to the prize-winners above, the panel of judges and the ILO would also like to recognize the following pieces which were considered finalists in the competition:

• Stolen Livelihoods - slavery entrenched by law: Depriving migrant workers of their wages in the Gulf, by Hana Buhejji, published in arij.net, (18 January 2022) – Professional category
• Las administraciones locales ponen contra las cuerdas a los asentamientos de personas migrantes, by Josefa Suárez Flores, by El Salto, (27 September 2022) – Professional category
• Undercover in Saudi Arabia (Episode 1), by an undercover journalist, published in The New Vision, (7 July 2022) – Professional category
• Trafficking on wheels - A long haul for Filipino drivers in Europe, by Ana P. Santos, published in Rappler (25 October 2022) – Professional category
• Embutidos y hamburguesas con sello venezolano en Perú, by Pierina Sora y Gina Carbajal, published in Venezuela migrante, (20 Feburary 2022) – Professional category
• Diario de un delivery, by Clemente Calvo, published in El país, (20 February 2022) – Student category