Holiday greetings from the APMM to all!

APMM's Rey Asis gave an intervention on behalf of the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism during Session 2 of the High Level Political Forum on "Ensuring No One Is Left Behind."

Here is a story of Maria, a woman migrant working as a musician in Phuket Thailand. In this story written by Teresa Sarmiento, Maria related the struggles she went through during the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is in Tagalog.

The APMM has recorded for its Migrant Sunday service for the Hong Kong Christian Council. The Deaconess Joy Prim of the Mission for Migrant Workers is our guest. 

Karsiwen of Kabar Bumi shares with us the conditions of Indonesian migrants and their families during the COVID-19 crisis. The video is in Bahasa Indonesia.

Noel Tolentino of SAMMAQA, an organization of Filipino migrant workers in Qatar, shares with us the conditions faced by Filipino migrant workers in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic. The interview is conducted in Tagalog.

Cynthia Abdon-Tellez of Mission For Migrant Workers shares with us the situation of migrant domestic workers during the COVID-19 crisis.

APMM interviews Jane Brock of the Immigrant Women Speakout Association (IWSA) to share about the challenges marriage migrants and partner visa holders face in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mandeep Bela, spokesperson of Union Network of Migrants in New Zealand, shares with us the challenges faced by migrants there during the time of the pandemic, what the government is doing, and how they in UNEMIG are helping them.

Seema Punwani of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) shares with us the situation faced by temporary migrant workers in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eni Lestari, chairperson of the International Migrants Alliance, spoke at the virtual discussion on Urban and Peri-Urban Development, which is part of the virtual Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission in the Asia Pacific. This is the speech she made in the webinar.

We created a Facebook page monitoring updates about COVID-19 and its impact on migrants.

This presents the results of the online survey that the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) among migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

The Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB-HK) released a statement on the survey that it conducted among migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

The APMM participated in the CSO consultation on GCM organized by the UN Network on Migration.

Lawyers will hold a forum on migrants, environmental justice and human rights in Thailand this August 2020. APMM sits in a planning meeting