Abstract
ILO pub-WEP pub. Article on migration trends in Western Europe since 1973 - reviews the growth of return migration due to economic recession, the impact of ILO Convention no. 143 and ILO Recommendation no. 151 concerning discrimination against migrant workers, proposes the consideration of migration within a new international economic order, and the WEP of action, and raises the question of compensation to maintain economic equilibrium regarding developing countries affected by emigration. References and statistical tables.