"We stand ready to lend support to the migrants we serve"
NGOs worldwide back the formation of int'l migrants group
"As advocates, fervent promoters of the empowerment of migrants around the world, it is imperative for non-government organizations to back the International Migrants Alliance...READ MORE

We call for the Immediate Assistance on Six OFW's in
Deportation Center in Kuwait
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, a regional migrant centre based in Hong Kong deplores the indifference of the Philippine government on the plight of 6 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW's) in Talha Jaleeb deportation center in Kuwait...READ MORE

Filipina Rape Victim Cries for Justice:　What is the Arroyo Government Doing?
MIGRANTE-Japan condemns in the strongest terms the criminal neglect of the Arroyo government in regard to the plight of “Hazel”, a Filipina OFW (overseas Filipino worker) allegedly raped on February 18, 2008, two days after she arrived in Okinawa、Japan, to work as a contract worker...READ MORE

Con Gen. in Dubai Benito Valeriano Should be Honest with Himself
Philippine Consul-General in Dubai Benito Valeriano's proposal for requiring psychological tests for Filipino domestic workers before their deployment to the UAE to reduce welfare cases of POLO-OWWA is absurd and self-serving...READ MORE

"Now we will speak for ourselves"
Grassroots migrants set to launch global formation in June
"For many years, many have spoken on our behalf. This time, we will speak for ourselves...READ MORE

Passport confiscation of agencies, still on Indonesian migrants slam Consulate for inaction
“Again, an empty promise of service and protection.”
This was declared by Eni Lestari, spokesperson of PILAR, in public forum attended by 1,000 Indonesian migrant workers at Causeway Bay to describe the failure of the Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong to keep to its promise of punishing employment agencies who confiscate passports of Indonesian migrants...READ MORE

HK-based migrants condemn Korean suppression of MTU
Stop the Crackdown on Migrant Workers!
Members and local friends of the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) and Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) trooped to the South Korean Consulate in Hong Kong today to condemn the recent assaults by the Korean government on Migrants Trade Union...READ MORE

Condemn the Continuing Crackdown on the Migrants Trade Union (MTU) by the South Korean Government
The continuing arrests of the top leadership of the Migrants Trade Union (MTU) a day after International Labor Day sends a chilling effect on the migrant and general workers movement in South Korea...READ MORE

Philippine Embassy Lambasted for Inutility and Criminal Neglect on Plight of OFW's in Kuwait
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) condemns the Philippine Embassy's inutility in making any concrete action in the grievances of 100 OFW's which led them and 300 others to go on strike against Al Jassim Trucking Company in Kuwait...READ MORE

Full probe, assistance to family, and review of HK policies on domestic workers
Pinays and HK locals rally for justice for dead maid
"No less than a full and transparent probe. No less than justice...READ MORE

We are not scapegoats for Consulate's ineptitude
Workers score threat of cancellation of services in face of protests
"The Indonesian Consulate should not dare blame us for its ineptitude and insufficient services to migrant workers...READ MORE

With another OFW in Kuwait death row
Migrant group scores "failure" of RP gov't protection and services
With the successive cases of death sentences on OFWs and the exposes on abuses and maltreatment that Filipina domestic workers in Kuwait suffer from, it has become even more evident that the Philippine government's services and protection to its nationals there are miserable failures...READ MORE

Secretary of Justice Told to Shut Up on Vecina's Blood Money in Kuwait
Secretary of Justice Gonzales should shut his mouth or face the wrath of the migrant workers in Kuwait and worldwide...READ MORE

Wage hike and GMA's ouster top "migrant's wish list"
HK OFWs uphold "No Remittance Day" campaign
"We call on the Hong Kong government for a significant wage increase. We call on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign and give us relief...READ MORE

MIGRANTE-Japan Demands Justice for the Filipina Rape Victim in Okinawa
Warns of Possible Cover Up
"Justice delayed is justice denied!" READ MORE

Indonesian migrants hit “lies” of Consulate
Says guidelines on change of agency serves no interest of IMW
“The Indonesian Consulate’s decision to stand by Letter of Order No. 2258 shows that it chooses to hold on to their lies on protection, serve the interests of recruitment agencies, and deny the right of Indonesian migrant workers...READ MORE

HK OFWs expose “exemptions” on anti-OFW rule as deceiving and divisive
“OFWs must continue to unite to Scrap MC-04”
“No matter how the POEA reforms the Guidelines on Direct Hiring through exemptions, it will not  deceive us from the truth nor divide us from our position that it burdens OFWs and is only for the benefit of the government and unscrupulous agencies...READ MORE

Two OFWs in Kuwait, terminated for complaining against unfair labor practices
RP gov't should extend assistance to aggrieved workers
APMM condemns the illegal termination of two Filipino caregivers by Al Essa Home Care Services for leading a complaint of 11 workers in said company for unfair labor practices...READ MORE

“Consulate only serves the interest of recruiters”
Indonesian migrants call a new to scrap ban on change of agency
“The Indonesian government, as represented by Indonesian Consulate General, serves no interest other than that of recruitment agencies...READ MORE

Statement of Guardforce (Macau) Limited Foreign Workers on Their Company's Breach of Employment Contracts
We deplore Guardforce (Macau) Limited for breaching our work permits (employment contracts) by putting us on standby or floating status without pay...READ MORE

On the Holding of the 2nd GMFD by the Arroyo Gov’t
Middle East-based OFW Groups to Arroyo: Impel the Participating Governments To Ratify UN Convention for Migrants’ Protection
Member organizations of Migrante International based in Saudi Arabia express its doubt that the Arroyo Government can accomplish something fruitful and meaningful for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and families on its holding and sponsoring of the 2nd GFMD that will be held in the Philippines on October this year...READ MORE

Philippine-led GFMD will lead to lipservice protection and intensified forced migration
The irony of the Philippines hosting the second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and the Department of Foreign Affairs' projection that it will use the occasion to improve the condition of Filipino workers abroad is that it is a recognition of the Philippines' developed labor export program and a confession of the governments' inutility in protecting its nationals abroad...READ MORE

United for Foreign Domestic Workers’ Rights (Ufdwrs) celebrated International Migrants’ Day by calling for recognition of domestic work as work across Asia
The coalition comprises of six international/regional and several national organisations called for “One Paid Day off A week and Recognise Domestic Work as Work” on the International Migrants’ Day (IMD), 2007...READ MORE

NIA must learn to be true to its word!
Investigate torture and overdue detention of undocumented migrants in Taiwan
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants disagree with Taiwan's National Immigration Agency's (NIA) assertion that the recent maltreatment of two female migrant workers in Taichung by one of its officers is an isolated one...READ

Proposed placement fee, still “too high”
Indonesian migrants protest gov’t refusal for a dialogue on overcharging
“The overcharging of Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong has been a long standing issue that the Indonesian government never addressed...READ

"No whitewash on investigation of trafficked Filipinos"
Filipinos in HK push for more probe on trafficking of OFWs to Iraq
Shouting for justice and an impartial investigation on the case of Filipino workers allegedly trafficked from Kuwait to work in the construction of the United States Embassy in Iraq, around 20 Filipino workers in Hong Kong today mounted a protest action in front of the US Consulate and the Philippine Consulate...READ

Foreign domestics assert for substantial wage hike, abolition of levy
Score delay in annual MAW review 
We have waited long enough. It’s time for the government to give what is due to foreign domestic workers...READ

Minimum Wage Announcement Unjust and a Charade for Migrant Workers in Taiwan
The 9.09 percent minimum wage hike announced yesterday by Premier Chang Chun-hsiung is unjust and a charade for migrant workers. As the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) virtually offsets the increase by raising the monthly board and lodging fees of migrants to 25% or from NT$4,000 – NT$5,000 and by not including the 45% household service workers in the wage hike...READ

Mexican and Filipino migrant workers criticize Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Mexican and Filipino migrant workers shared stories of precarious working conditions, low pay and fears of deportation at a community forum in Vancouver last week...READ

On CLA's Proposed Banning of Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) is greatly concerned with the plans of the Taiwan government to ban the hiring of Filipino migrant workers in all job categories starting next year...READ

MECO admits it is Helpless in Implementing the Balik Manggagawa and Ensuring the Right to Day Off of Migrant Workers in Taiwan
Filipino migrant workers who had a dialogue with the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) on October 29, 2006 were not surprised when the latter admitted that they were helpless in implementing the rights of their own nationals in Taiwan...READ

Economic partnership with Japan will not benefit Filipinos
JPEPA spells intensified human labor export and liberalization of economy
It is contemptible how the Philippine government trades its citizens for export goods that will only push the country to even greater disaster...READ

Philippines and Japan sign FTA Accord
For Arroyo, the future of Filipinos is cheap – Migrante-Japan
For Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the future of the Filipino people has a very cheap price...READ

CLA on Management Fee: Migrant Workers are Bled Dry; Employers Responsibilities are transferred to Brokers
At last, it has come straight from the horse's mouth...READ

Resist extortion and government exactions, cry Indonesian migrant workers
No more state exactions! No more exploitation!...READ

Philippine government caught again with their pants down Lack of assistance and evacuation plans for Filipinos in Lebanon shows government neglect, irresponsibility and indifference to plight of OFWs
It is outrageous, to say the least, of the Philippine government to say that it would only consider moving out its 34,000 citizens from Lebanon when the situation becomes out of control...READ

The Migrant’s Agenda is the voice of Filipino workers in HK Filipino domestic helpers lay down demands for Philippine and HK government
Consistently, the Philippine and Hong Kong governments have implemented policies that gravely impinge on our rights as foreign workers and as Filipinos. This time, we want change...READ

Banned company exploits migrants anew
Group questions Saudi company’s permission to recruit OFWs
AL-NASBAN/ANNASBAN did it anew! The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), a migrant serving regional centre in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions slams the Philippine government for allowing AL- NASBAN/ANNASBAN its recruitment and deployment operation. AL-NASBAN/ANNASBAN contracting company is known for its abusive and notorious practices against migrant workers they deployed in companies, hospitals and restaurants in the Middle East....READ

MECO is a multi-million pesos scandal
Migrant's group urges probe of MECO donation to president's office
The MECO scandal must be investigated thoroughly. The Philippine government owes this to all OFWs especially to the Filipino workers in Taiwan...READ

Paralyzed OFW, finally coming home
Mediocre services cause delay of repatriationFinally, Muslima Qusain is going home. Her ordeal, however, has again shown the mediocre services that the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides to migrant Filipinos...READ

AMCB to lead thousands of migrants in Mardi Gras, Anti-WTO actions
Migrant workers in Hong Kong today declared their opposition to the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting and said that they will mobilize thousands from their ranks for the HK People's Mardi Gras against WTO on November 27 and the People's Action Week this December...READ

Protest Action Forced CLA Head to Conduct Probe into FPG Beatings of Filipino Workers
In a protest action yesterday participated by 17 migrants and their advocates in front of the Council of Labor Affair's office, CLA Minister Lee Ying-Yuan was forced to commit to conduct an impartial investigation on the beating up of four Filipino workers in said establishment last August 2 and promised to call on the manager of the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG)...READ

The rights and wellbeing of Filipino migrants in Dubai are not worth 500 dirhams
Abused OFWs must get justice from Emirates’, Philippine governments Grace Castello’s case just shows the sad plight of overseas Filipinos working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...READ

Genuine Services for the Filipinos in Taiwan!
We Demand Transparency and Auditing of MECO!
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants is very much concerned and aghast at the revelation made by Senator Panfilo Lacson on September 22 that the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan allegedly initially paid for Venable LLP, a US Lobby Firm. This amounts to US$75,000 or NT$2,482,725... READ

Migrants Cry Out: Don't Bleed Us Dry, Stop Extorting Fees on Us!
The revelation made by Taiwan?s Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) that what the foreign workers pay as service fee is actually a management fee only shows that the CLA is biased towards the employers and the brokers. It does not give a damn to the rights and welfare of the migrants...READ

Picket and Press Conference on Mailiao Beatings a Success
A picket and press conference on the beatings of four Filipino workers in the Formosa Plastics Group plant in Mailiao last August 2 was a huge success this morning... READ

53% Indonesian helpers underpaid, 50% get less holiday
Migrant group calls for urgent actions on wage, employment condition of Indonesian migrants
The Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers (Asosiasi Tenaga Kerja Indonesia di Hong Kong, ATKI-HK) today released the initial results of the survey the group conducted for 10 Sundays from April to 14 August 2005 determine the current employment situation of Indonesia domestic helpers...READ

Justice for beaten up OFWs in Taiwan!
Investigate MECO's inaction and inutility in protecting OFWs
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants together with the MIGRANTE Party list - Taiwan Chapter condemn the mauling of four Filipino workers by security guards of the Formosa Plastics company in Mailiao, Yun Lin County and their subsequent dismissal and forced deportation together with 12 others last August 2...READ

MECO Washes Its Hands Off Overcharging Case
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office’s (MECO) Labor Representative Reynaldo Gopez essentially washed his hands off on an overcharging case in Taiwan... READ

Oust GMA protester in Jeddah, beaten by Consulate officials
“Thugs in barong” should be kicked out of office
The hooliganism of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been exported to Philippine overseas posts victimizing the so-called new economic heroes – the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)...READ

Dubai OFW dies of cancer
OFWs hit gov’t for neglect
His request for assistance fell on deaf ears. OFW Renato Tolentino’s death is another crime in the hands of the neglectful administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo... READ

“We are dying. What are you doing?”
Indonesian helpers score gov’t for neglect
The case of Suprihatin, an Indonesian domestic helper who succumbed to death after fighting for her life for more than a week, has yet again shown the neglect of the Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong in particular and the Indonesian government in general to the plight of Indonesian migrants...READ

We Condemn MECO for Selling Out Two of Our Compatriots!
We condemn MECO for selling out two Filipino caretakers in Hsinchu last April 11. Instead of assisting the two, Lydia Espinosa and a certain Paul only acted as intermediaries for the employer, broker and the Hsinchu Labor Bureau. The only role Jovita Racil and Marilyn Jacob had been to give their assent to an already done deal...READ

Justice for all victims of human rights violations,
HK-based Filipinos call for an end to killings in the Philippines
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, Migrante Sectoral Party Hong Kong and the United Filipinos in Hong Kong condemn in the strongest possible terms the growing spate of killings and human rights violations of political activists, peasant rights advocates and sympathizers, lawyers and priests in the Philippines...READ

Migrante holds General Assembly in Taiwan
The Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP)– Taiwan chapter held its first general assembly in Taipei on March 13, 2005. Thirty-six members were present at the meeting and discussed the direction and tasks for the next two years and organizational matters. An election of the first officers of MSP culminated the activity...read

Let peace and justice reign in Southern Thailand
Justice for all the Victims of the Narathiwat Massacre now! November 3 Press Statement for the Thai Consulate Rally
We as organizations and individuals who value and advocate justice, human rights and peace strongly condemn the inhuman treatment and killing of 85 people many of whom were Muslims, in Narathiwat Province, Southern Thailand in October 25...read

Protest Action Held in Hong Kong Against the Brutal Massacre of Protesters at Southern Thailand
The Asian Students Association (ASA), Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), Asosiasi Tenaga Kerja Indonesia di HK (ATKI-HK), Thai Regional Alliance and friends in Hong Kong held a picket protest this afternoon to denounce the brutal massacre of Muslim protesters last October 25 in Narathiwat, southern Thailand...read

On the 50th year of Japanese ODA and the mass hunger in the Philippines: A reflection and retrospective
Cesar V. Santoyo, Japan Co-Worker, United Church of Christ in the Philippines & member, Hyakunincho Church/UCCJ
October 2004 marks the 50th anniversary of Japanese Official Development Assistance or ODA....read full story

Filipinos in Saudi Arabia Need More Services,
Not High Paid Labor Staff
A news article in Saudi Arabia revealed that 40 labor staff of the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia will be replaced early next year by high paid labor staff and officials from Manila who are expecting to receive US$1,600 per month or US$600 more than what the locally hired administrative staff received...read full story

Let the Undocumented Children Go!
The Southeast Asia Network on Undocumented Children (SENUC) a conglomeration of concerned Churches, Non Government Organizations and People’s Organizations in the region condemn the arrests and detention of the twenty five (25) undocumented Filipino children, ten (10) refugee children from Indonesia and Myanmar in Malaysia...read full story

Labor Secretary Sto. Tomas bares anew her anti-labor stance in Taiwan
The Philippine Labor Secretary Patricia Sto.Tomas once again showed her true colors by promising to protect the interests of Taiwanese investors over that of Filipino workers at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone...read full story

Kabayan
Interfaith NGO forum a success, says advocate
2004-09-19 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Marie Feliciano
Labor advocates that participated in an interfaith non-governmental organization forum last week have agreed to circulate a petition that aims to throw out a financial management proposal affecting foreign workers, a rights activist said
yesterday...read full story

Inter Faith – NGO Forum a Success
An inter Faith – NGO forum on Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) proposal on the financial management of foreign workers held yesterday was a great success...read

People’s Caravan 2004 East and SEast Asia leg kicks off in HK; Tackles WTO and its impacts to migrants and migration
More than 130 migrant workers, local NGOs, students and migrant advocates attended the WTO and Migration forum today organized by the Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP), Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM)...read

MECO Officials Gross Negligence Towards its Own Citizen Must be Recalled
We deplore the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) reprehensible and inept handling of the case of Cecilia Benitez, a Filipina factory worker in Taiwan...read

MECO Admits Payment of Placement Fee for Rehires in Taiwan Imposed by CLA
Officials of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), the de facto Philippine Embassy have admitted that the payment of additional placement fee for migrants rehired in Taiwan had been imposed by Taiwan Council of Labor Affairs (CLA)... read

Malaysian Government Must Heed the Call to Ensure the Protection of Undocumented Migrants and Stop the Crackdown!
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants expresses its grave concern about the impending arrest and deportation of undocumented migrants in Malaysia...read