This is the statement of the APMM on the online survey it has conducted among Filipinos living and working in Thailand when the COVID-19 pandemic happened. The results of the online survey is in a separate document.
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The APMM and the Films4Peace Foundation, a Bangladesh-based organization working on issues of migrants, launched today an online survey to know the situation and needs of Bangladeshi migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The said survey is in Bangla.
Andres "Boypee" Panganiban, the first executive director of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrant Filipinos (APMMF), passed away last April 1, 2020. This is our tribute to him.
The APMM shares its position and analysis on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on migrants, particularly in Asia Pacific, how migrant organisations and advocates can intervene to uphold migrant's human rights, and how migration can be viewed post-COVID.
The APMM highlights in this statement the important role grassroots migrants play in the GCM implementation and review.
The APMM launches today its COVID-19 Migrant Monitor, gathering updates on travel restrictions and policy responses of governments and how they impact on migrants as well as initiatives of migrant groups, advocates and other institutions to provide support and solidarity with migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic
This is the APMM statement on the situation of migrants during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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