Sourcing a skilled aged and long-term care workforce is an increasing global challenge. Many OECD countries, such as Australia, Spain, and the UK, have traditionally used various migration pathways as an adjunct to securing a care workforce that is sufficient in numbers and skills to meet local service demand. Globally, aged and long-term care sectors are undergoing significant and broad policy reform, with migration policy clearly under scrutiny. This is in the context of waning international social licence for active recruitment from low to middle income countries given the complexity that that represents to those source countries, and the workers once they arrive. This presentation will showcase findings from an analysis of migration policy for Australia, Spain, and the UK demonstrating how apparent differences in policy directions are coupled with an ongoing, often implied, overall reliance on migration to bolster local care workforces, particularly from low- and middle-income countries. While some policy documents specifically rule out or simply fail to mention targeted migration schemes for workforce recruitment, others have expanded the scope and reach of existing targeted migration schemes. All documents explicitly outline the clear relationship between a skilled, supported care workforce and high-quality care services. Implications of these project findings lie in the powerful influence key policy decisions can have on workforce outcomes for what is already a complex and precarious workforce, and how that may influence care outcomes. Findings from this project have implications for global policy development in aged and long-term care.