Migrants, advocates and friends in Asia Pacific gathered in the Virtual Conference on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Regional Migrants Agenda organized by the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) last October 21 and 22, 2020.
The "What Migrants Want" video provides a peak into the issues confronting migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as their demands for protection of their rights, welfare and dignity.
An overseas Filipino worker in Thailand committed suicide due to depression brought about by having no work and no source of livelihood. This is APMM's statement on the tragic news.
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) joins the family of Adelina, migrant communities and advocates in Malaysia and elsewhere in calling for justice for Adelina who died due to multiple organ failure in February 2018. Recently, the High Court upheld the acquittal of Adelina’s employer, Ambika MA Shan.
In this first of a series of web interviews, APMM talks to Pervez Siddiqui of Films4Peace Foundation to talk about how Bangladeshi migrants are during the pandemic. The video is in Bangla.
This video about the APMM was developed by our 2019 summer interns, Xiyu, So Hyun and Maxime. Please enjoy the video.
Here is the results of the online survey conducted by the APMM among Filipinos living and working in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. A separate statement on the results has also been released.
Founded in 1984, the APMM is a registered non-profit limited company with charitable status in Hong Kong.