Tonga faces significant development challenges due to its relative isolation and lack of economies of scale. Labour mobility provides an important, viable development opportunity to overcome these challenges by enabling the temporary movement of Tongan workers to meet labour shortages in developed countries such as Australia and New Zealand. This temporary movement can generate positive impacts for Tonga’s socio-economic development and warrants the need to embed labour mobility as a key component of Tonga’s long-term development strategy.

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