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"We dream of a society where families were 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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- Statement of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants on the
International Women's Day
08 March 2008
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) stands with the oppressed women of the world in the commemoration of the International Women's Day and in the continuing struggle of women for comprehensive rights in the society...READ MORE
- Philippine Embassy in Kuwait Indifferent to
the Plight of 50 Complaining OFWs
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) deplores Philippine Embassy officials in Kuwait for their indifference to the appalling plight of 50 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Gulf Link Transport Company...READ MORE
- In Commemoration of the Yeosu Detention Center Fire Deaths:
International Days of Action for Migrant Workers Rights
Stop the crackdown and deportations! Legalize all undocumented migrant workers...READ MORE
- Statement in Support of the Foreign Workers to Press for Justice and Decent Work
The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, representing 170,000 workers including those with Guardforce (Hong Kong) Limited, declares its unlimited support to the foreign workers employed by the Guardforce (Macau) Limited to press for justice and decent work...READ MORE
- KGS statement on the swift recovery of 5 embassy workers in Riyadh
KGS would like to express its wishes for the swift recovery of the five seriously wounded OWWA officials especially of the Philippine embassy in Riyadh that figured in a recent road accident...READ MORE
- Our Few and Just Demands for Caregivers
By Sol Pajadura
Migrante Ontario
I would like to thank the members of the Canadian media for coming to this press conference as we remember Jocelyn Dulnuan, a migrant worker who was murdered in her workplace, the house of her employer about one month ago, and other migrant Filipinos who have been victims of violence...READ
- SAVE MARILOU RANARIO!
NO TO ANOTHER FLOR CONTEMPLACION!
Statement of concerned overseas Filipinos in New York City
We, NYC-based Filipina household workers, nannies, caregivers, along with other concerned overseas Filipinos and advocates of basic human rights, demand that our sister, Marilou Ranario, be released immediately from the Kuwaiti jail she continues to languish in since being convicted for the death of her employer in 2005...READ
- Support the IMW’s protest on Renewal Passport Policy of Consulate General of Republik Indonesia in Hongkong
The President Yudhoyono’s call to improve and efficiency in immigration services for the Indonesian Migrant Workers is seems will never been realized...READ
- Filipino Victims of Trafficking by US State Department:
Betrayed and Denied Justice by its Own Government
Philippine Labor Secretary Arturo Brion has practically cleared the US State Department for trafficking overseas Filipino workers (OFW's) when he stated that it should be the Kuwaiti contractor which should be held liable for this alleged crime...READ
- Statement on Harassment and Extortion Complaints from Korean Embassy in Manila, the Non-issuance of Working Visas to Overseas Filipino Workers and Threat of Clamp-down on Filipino Migrant Workers
As members and officers of various Filipino Migrant Workers organization in South Korea, we are alarmed of the news that the Korean Embassy in Manila hinted that it would take action against more than 15,000 undocumented migrant workers working in the Korean Peninsula when the alleged harassment and extortion complaints from Korean nationals are not addressed by Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation...READ
- Joint Statement of Domestic Workers
on the Occasion of the Global Forum
on Migration and Development
July 2007
WE, grassroots organizations, unions, alliances, and federations of foreign migrant domestic workers, nannies, caretakers, caregivers, household service helpers in various countries worldwide, join hands and express in this declaration...READ 
- ILPS STATEMENT
ON THE GLOBAL FORUM
ON MIGRATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
July 4, 2007
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- Continue the Campaign on the Minimum Wage Hike
July 1, 2007 is a day of infamy for the Council of Labor Affairs...READ
- Impending Minimum Wage Increase in Taiwan Means Nothing for Migrant Workers
As we present to the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) the initial signatories that we have gathered from more than a thousand migrant workers from the Philippines and Indonesia and from our local and other friends, we would like to reiterate our view on the impending minimum wage hike...READ
- No to Exclusion from the Minimum Wage Hike of Household Service Workers
and No to Legalized Extortion of all Migrant Workers!
We are deeply concerned at the decision of the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to exclude migrant workers working in homes from the increase in the minimum wage announced yesterday...READ
- HK workers unite for our wage and against globalization’s attacks to our rights!
Asian Migrants' Coordinating Body (AMCB)
01 May 2007
On this International Labor Day, workers of Hong Kong – local and foreign – show our unity and solidarity to advance our common fight for our wage and livelihood...READ
- On Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs Position on
Days Off for Household Workers
We welcome Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) division chief Tsai Meng-liang's pronouncement that local employers will be fined and even deprived of their qualification to hire foreign workers if they are found to have committed any infractions including not providing regular days off to the migrant workers...READ
- How Many More?
The Osan Migrant Center, The Migrant Trade Union (MTU) Osan branch and the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Migranteng Manggagawa sa Korea (KASAMMA-KO) Strongly condemn the negligence of this government regarding the rights and welfare of the Migrant workers that resulted to the death of the ten migrant workers and leaving eighteen more in critical conditions at the hospital...READ
- On the uneventful demise of the deported undocumented children: Malaysian and Philippine governments are liable
We in the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants strongly condemn the governments of Malaysia and the Philippines for their gross neglect on the untimely death of two undocumented Filipino children deported from Malaysia to Zamboanga, Philippines...READ
- APMM Supports Calls to Abolish the Brokers System in Taiwan
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants together with Migrante Sectoral Party - Taiwan chapter support calls by migrant NGOs in Taiwan to abolish the broker system...READ
- Persevere in the Fight for Justice!
Solidarity Message to the Family and to the Justice for Jeffrey Reodica Coalition
from Migrant Workers and Advocates in Hong Kong...READ
- Message of Solidarity by the Filipino Community in Japan
to the Family of Jeffrey Reodica and the Justice for Jeffrey Coalition
The Filipino Community in Japan wishes the family of Jeffrey Reodica and all those involved in the Justice for Jeffrey Coalition in Canada the success in its continuing efforts to let the truth out and let justice prevail. The case of Jeffrey is a very important component of the struggle against police violence and racism in Canada...READ
- Uphold the rights of migrant and immigrant workers!
Resist globalization policies, discrimination, repression and exploitation!
Statement of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM)
on the occasion of the International Labor Day...READ
- STRUGGLE AND DEFEND OUR RIGHTS, WAGES AND JOB SECURITY!
Statement of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants and the Migrante Sectoral Party - Taiwan Chapter on the occasion of the International Labor Day protest action in Taipei, Taiwan...READ
- Scrap the Sensenbrenner-King Bill,
Stop Institutionalized Labeling of Undocumented Immigrants and Migrant Workers as Terrorist!
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants, a regional migrant workers centre in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, is one with the struggling immigrants and migrant workers in the United States in their call to immediately scrap the anti-migrant workers and immigrants bill called Sensenbrenner-King Bill or otherwise known as the Border Protection, Anti-Terror and Illegal Immigration Control Bill...READ
- Struggle against
the commodification of migrant women
Statement of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM)
for the International Working Women’s Day...READ
- MECO Should Take
Care of Ramil Sanchez's Repatriation and
Ensure That the Conditions of the Workers at FPC be improved
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) should take
care of Ramil Sanchez's repatriation expenses of NT$11,000
and make sure that the conditions of the workers at Formosa
Plastics Corporation (FPC) be improved...READ
- ETNIC MINORITY , INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND RACIAL JUSTICE
Formation of a network to commit to address the emerging concerns of the stateless and undocumented children in Sabah...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...READ
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Stop
the Massive Crackdown on Undocumented
Migrant Workers in Malaysia!
Uphold Human Rights in Malaysia Now!
Statement on the Mass Action in front
of the Malaysian Consulate in Hong Kong...READ
- Stop the Impending Crackdown of Undocumented Migrants and
Their Families in Malaysia!
Respect, Uphold and Protect Their Rights, Dignity and Welfare
We in the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants are deeply concerned
over the planned nationwide crackdown on the estimated 1.2
million undocumented migrants that is to take place in the
next days to come...READ
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