80 repatriated OFWs return on New Year’s Day
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Filed Under: Overseas Employment
Labor Migration in 2009: A Terrible Year to Be an OFW
The regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo changed the face of labor migration in the Philippines. It pursued its labor-export policy aggressively, begging receiving countries to accept more overseas Filipino workers. In the meantime, it shirked its responsibilities toward OFWs in distress, in many instances even becoming complicit in the abuse of overseas workers.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Don’t give jobless false hopes, Labor chief told
By Noel Barcelona
Posted on Dec. 30, 2009 at 7:58am
http://www.dateline.ph/?p=3615
Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines—With more speculative jobs abroad and low job opportunities at home, Migrante Middle East (ME) tells Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque Jr. not to give jobless and those looking for a job false hopes.
Israel delays expulsion of 1,200 children of foreign workers
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 06:36:00 11/02/2009
Filed Under: Children, Overseas Employment, Immigration
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed until the end of the school year the expulsion of 1,200 children of foreigners working illegally in Israel, his office said on Sunday.
COMELEC’s decision delisting the Migrante Sectoral Party
COMELEC’s decision delisting the Migrante Sectoral Party: Suppression of rights of a party that seeks to represent in the House of Representatives the millions of Filipino migrants around the world
Data & Photos of US Military Forces Raping an Iraqi Girl Emerges; GABRIELA-USA Demands Justice
On October 3, 2009 graphic and disturbing photos of the brutal rape of a 14 year old Iraqi girl emerged via confidential source and caught media attention.
Court finds ‘ironed” maid’s assailant guilty
The Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW) welcomes the conviction of Chan Nei-Ying on the charge of physical assault causing bodily harm to Indonesian domestic worker Eva Wulandari.
New proposals in Macao violate the rights of migrant workers and make FDWs more vulnerable to abuses
The Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW), MIGRANTE – Macao and the Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers (ATKI) – Macao are gravely concerned with two pending bills in Macao that are set to further
