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December 2008 |
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December 2007
 The Year in Review
Victories won and challenges to
face in the struggle for migrants’
rights and wellbeing
2007 proved to be a productive year for the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM).
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November 2008 |
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November 2007
Asian migrants gather
for first HK Summit
ORGANIZED BY THE Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB), the first ever Asian Migrant Workers Summit (AMWS) held at the Hong Kong City University in Kowloon Tong on November 25 this year was very fruitful... |
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October 2007 |
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October 2007
Overseas Filipino Workers:
Neglected Heroes, Modern Slaves
AND THE LIST still goes on.
After Flor Contemplacion was hanged in
Singapore in 1995, the issue of neglect of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in need
of assistance has become one of the cornerstones of the advocacy for the
rights and wellbeing of migrant workers... |
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September 2007 |
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Declaration of the International Conference on Border Control and Empowerment of Immigrant Brides
We, the delegates of the International Conference on Border Control and Empowerment of Immigrant Brides from Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, commit ourselves to unite and work towards the defense of the human rights of immigrant brides and the promotion of their welfare.... |
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August 2007 |
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“Strong” peso weakens
Filipino migrant workers
Among overseas Filipino workers, the appreciation of the Philippine peso is not a cause for celebration. Instead, it has been a source of frustration and much worries for
the survival of their families. |
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July 2007 |
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On Global Forum on Migration and Development
Missing the Point on
Forced Migration
On July 9-11, the first Global Forum on Migration and
Development was held in Brussels, Belgium. |
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June 2007 |
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Foreign domestics push for their agenda in
Global Forum on Migration and Development
Governments urged
to address foreign
domestics’ concerns
Sixty-three organizations from 26 countries signed a joint statement to be presented by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) representative Cynthia Abdon-Tellez during the ‘Civil Society Day’ of the Global Forum on Migration and Development that will take place in Brussels, Belgium from July 9 to 11 this year. The joint statement was initiated by the APMM and its networks in the region... |
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May 2007 |
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Votes of overseas Filipinos: expression of
protest and discontent
IF WE ARE to read the results of the second
absentee voting, they indicate, at the very
least, a strong sense of opposition of overseas Filipinos to the GMA
administration. |
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February 2007 |
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Slavery in modern times
Confinement of migrant workers in Malaysia, condemnable
THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT,
already notorious for the way it treats
migrant workers, especially
undocumented migrants, is set to
implement yet another anti-migrant
program... |
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January 2007 |
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ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
DECLARATION THAT LACKS NEEDED ACTIONS
INDEED IT IS high time for Southeast Asian countries to deal seriously with the
condition of migrant workers and the
phenomenon of migration... |
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December 2006 |
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APMM marks 2006 with new thrusts:
Programs for migrants strengthened
The past year was marked by further
advancement in the work of the Asian
Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) in
its aim to build and strengthen the
movement of migrant workers in the region... |
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Filipino migrant workers,
workers unite in forum
Despite the incessant rains, more than 40 migrant workers from eight organizations attended a forum on national and
migrant issues on September 10, 2006... |
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Indonesian workers in HK intensify actions against
their government’s anti-migrants’ policies
ABOUT 2,000 TO 3,000 INDONESIANS gathered at Victoria Park on Sunday,
September 3, to commemorate their
Independence Day... |
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June-July 2006 |
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Filipino migrant workers in Lebanon:
Victims of war, casualties of government neglect
ON JULY 12, WAR erupted between
Israel and Lebanon. Within weeks,
hundreds died, thousands were
rendered homeless, lives and livelihood were destroyed... |
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May 2006 |
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Indonesian migrants respond to
crisis of compatriots
Tragedy struck home again. This time, to
the heart of Indonesian migrants... |
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April 2006 |
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Migrants’ and immigrants’ concerns mark
International Labor Day celebrations
Migrants and immigrants all over the world
joined millions of workers in
commemorating the International Labor Day
last May 1. This year’s Labor Day marked
one of the biggest participation of migrants
and immigrants in the history as attacks on their rights and welfare by host governments continue to intensify. |
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March 2006 |
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APMM evaluates 5-year work for migrant workers
Movement building still at the core of programs
“We dream of a society where families are
not broken up by urgent need for survival.
We dream and will actively work for a
homeland where there is opportunity for
everyone to live a decent and humane life.” |
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January - February 2006 |
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Rallying for rights and democracy
Migrants in the movement against dictatorship and repression
They have every reason to be involved. |
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November - December 2005 |
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Migrants
and the WTO campaign: Lessons and Challenges
THE PEOPLE’S ACTION Week in Hong Kong against
the World Trade Organization (WTO) may have come and
gone. But for the migrant workers and the migrant’s
movement, the experiences gained and the lessons learned
have become an integral part of the continuing struggle
for migrant’s rights and wellbeing. |
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September-October
2005 |
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Asian
migrants in HK vow to rally thousands in protests against
WTO MC6
Globalization and the WTO have forced millions of people
to seek employment abroad. The destruction that neoliberal
policies have caused to our home countries has pushed
us to work in other countries where we are faced with
the same grave impacts of globalization and the WTO.
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WE ARE EXPLOITED!
Migrants Uprising in Taiwan
It took a riot of 300 Thai workers in Kaohsiung last
August 21- 22 for Taiwan to realize that the human and
labor conditions of its foreign blue-collar workers
are very exploitative. |
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June- July 2005 |
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It started with a hello and is now
expected to end with a resounding goodbye
“OUST GMA!”
MORE AND MORE people are now calling for the resignation
or ouster of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. A mere month after
the controversial “Hello Garci scandal”,
the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of GMA last July
24 saw the biggest crowd of protesters so far. The more
than 100,000 crowd who converged to declare the “People’s
SONA” was an ominous sign of the restlessness
of the Filipino people. |
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May 2005 |
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Int’l
confab tackles foreign brides
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, the Awakening
Foundation, and Graduate School for Social Transformation
Studies in coordination with the Alliance for Human
Rights Legislators of Immigrants and Migrants organized
an international workshop for Asian NGO’s on women
immigrants and migrants last May 13-15, at Chien Tan
Overseas Youth Activity
Center in Taipei, Taiwan. |
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March 2005 |
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Stranded seafarers
in HK fight for right
to service 
Duped by illegal recruiters in the Philippines,
Pinky Baba and Rocita Villanueva (aka Cita Reyes), the
seafarers paid individual placement fees ranging from
PhP30,000 to PhP90,000 and were dispatched to Hong Kong
in different batches from April to September 2004. | |
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January-February
2005 |
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Crackdown
on undocumented migrants in Malaysia meets protest
HONG KONG GROUPS URGED the Malaysian government to
respect the rights of undocumented workers. |
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December 2004 |
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2004
for Migrants: A Year of Strife, Struggles and Triumphs
From issues of excessive fees to stranded workers,
from anti-migrant policies to anti-migrant government
officials. From campaigns against negative policies
to campaigns of hope and struggle for wage increase
and against the levy. The first absentee voting. |
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Plans
for an int’l migrants group take shape at ILPS
workshop
THE ASIA PACIFIC Mission for Migrants (APMM), Migrante
International and the Association of Turkish Workers
in Europe (ATIK) held a workshop on Concern on Migrants,
Refugees, Homeless and Displaced People (concern 16)
of the International League of People’s Struggle
(ILPS). |
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October 2004 |
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Indonesia
Legal System and Protection for Migrant Workers
Migrant workers are probably the biggest irony in Indonesia
today. As a compliment, government officials call them
“foreign reserve hero” because of their
enormous contribution to the Indonesian economy. Indonesian
migrants remit billions of money from all over the world,
mainly from neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Singapore,
Hongkong and the Middle East. On the other hand, the
Indonesian government seems too reluctant to provide
appropriate and effective legal protection to those
workers. |
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HK
forum exposes impacts of WTO on migrant workers
“THE WORLD TRADE Organization is inherently flawed.
Its policies force people to work abroad.” This
was stressed by Antonio Tujan, Jr. of IBON Philippines
during the Forum on WTO and Migration held in Hong Kong
on September 5, 2004. |
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August
2004 |
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Victims
of 3,431 Jailed Overseas Filipino Workers Government
Neglect
LAST MONTH, THE Philippines’ Department of Foreign
Affairs reported that 2,856 Filipinos are imprisoned
in 56 states with 1,115 languishing in prisons throughout
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A few days after, this
figure increased further with the addition of at least
575 more Filipino workers imprisoned in Israel, Kuwait
and Bahrain... |
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June-July 2004 |
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Asian
countries crackdown on undocumented migrant workers
At least five Asian countries are either conducting
or planning massive crackdowns on undocumented migrant
workers. The most severe at the moment is the ongoing
crackdown in Japan. Malaysia on the other hand is planning
one this year... |
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May 2004 |
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Migrante
Beyond the Ballot Box
Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) may not have won a single
seat in Congress during the last elections, but it certainly
did win the hearts and minds of overseas Filipinos worldwide.
It topped the Overseas Absentee Voting for party list
with 31.532 percent and got the most number of votes
for migrant parties... |
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January-February
2004 |
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Advocacy
for undocumented workers goes to Mumbai
THE APMM WORKSHOP at the World Social Forum in Mumbai,
India was held in 18 January 2004 with forty participants
coming from different institutions and migrant groups
in Israel, France, US, Canada, Austria, Thailand, Philippines,
Nepal, Malaysia and India... |
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December 2003 |
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Petition
for Filipino stranded workers in KSA gains worldwide
support
AN INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL FOR the Philippine government
but a victory of international solidarity... |
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October
2003 |
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Regional
confab tackles issues of undocumented migrants
Launches anti-ADD (Arrest, Detain, Deport)
Campaign
A regional conference on undocumented migrants was
held at Bayu Beach Resort, Port Dickson, Malaysia last
October 20 to 22, 2003. The conference was organized
by the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, TENAGANITA
(Women’s Force) based in Malaysia and MIGRANTE
International, a global alliance of Filipino migrant
organizations... |
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September 2003 |
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“An
affront to women and justice” Rape victim in Dubai,
jailed
IN A TRAGIC twist of justice, a woman migrant worker
who was raped got the imprisonment sentence... |
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