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In Defense of Migrants’ Rights to Health, Livelihood and Life Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
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.
People's Interests at the Center of Urban Development
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.
APMM launches COVID-19 Migrant Monitor
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
APMM Tribute to Andres "Boypee" Panganiban
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.
APMM creates migrant monitor on COVID-19
We created a Facebook page monitoring updates about COVID-19 and its impact on migrants.
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[Results] Survey on Situation of HK Migrant Domestics during COVID-19
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.
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[Hong Kong] Health, rights of migrant domestics “at risk” amid 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.
Realizing the Global Compact for and with Migrants
The APMM highlights in this statement the important role grassroots migrants play in the GCM implementation and review.
Include migrants in service and support during outbreak
This is the APMM statement on the situation of migrants during the COVID-19 outbreak.
APMM joins regional CSO consultation on GCM
The APMM participated in the CSO consultation on GCM organized by the UN Network on Migration.
Lawyers to hold forum on envi justice, migration in Thailand
Lawyers will hold a forum on migrants, environmental justice and human rights in Thailand this August 2020. APMM sits in a planning meeting
Women migrants hold One Billion Rising
Women migrants gathered to hold the One Billion Rising campaign, with the 2020 theme: Raise the Vibration, Rise for Revolution.
APMM attends APRCEM meeting
APMM attends the Regional Coordinating Council meeting of the APRCEM in Bangkok last January 2020.
SUMA 2017: Duterte must protect migrants, address root causes of forced migration
Migrante International has successfully conducted SUMA 2017: The State of Filipino Migrants and their Families under the Duterte Administration last 7 June, 2017 at the UP College of Law, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event was also commemorated as Migrants Day, which is on its 22nd commemoration since the creation of the Migrants Day Act of 1995.
Taking Flight: The Plight of the OFWs in their Own Home (Part 2) by Michelle Lado
The Philippine Government has taken upon itself to deploy Filipino workers as early as the 1970s through the Labor Export Policy program. It started in the pre-Martial Law days of the 1970s due to economic crisis.
Invisible Chains: A Study on Agency-Related Debt Bondage Among Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
This research study on the indebtedness of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong is a qualitative one, and is impelled by the need to substantiate with ground-based information ongoing migrant advocacy campaigns against overcharging and illegal collection of recruitment fees.
Migrant leader chosen to speak at UN Summit
Leader of grassroots migrants speak during the UN Summit on Migrants and Refugees
Profile of Indonesian Labor Migration
Conducted in 2003, this APMM case study profiles Indonesian labor migration from a social-historical perspective. It was one of this first studies in this area when it was published, and except for the outdated statistics, its analysis of the context and trends in Indonesian labor migration are still relevant.
Segyehwa (“Globalization”) and Korea: Worsening Crisis in Society, Worsening Conditions for Migrant Workers
This research is an offshoot of the SVD-JPIC conference on migrants. Through this collaborative project of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) and the SVD-JPIC, relevant information on grassroots migrant organizations, migrant institutions and advocates was gathered, and in general, the situation and concerns of migrant workers in Korea.
AMMORE holds General Assembly
The Alliance of Marriage Migrants Organizations for Rights and Empowerment, or AMMORE, has successfully concluded its first general assembly in Bangkok, Thailand last March 23, 2017.