Activities

Migrant Forum in Asia, Center for Migrant Advocacy and the Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs (House of Representatives, Philippine Congress), with the support of the Philippines office of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung welcomed six parliamentarians from four Asian countries to Manila, Philippines from May 24th-26th, 2011. These guest parliamentarians represented key States of origin in Asia – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Sri...

From 8-13 January 2011, MFA Chairperson Ellene Sana of the Center for Migrant Advocacy accompanied members of the Philippines’ House Committee of Overseas Workers Affairs (COWA) on a field visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The delegates visited Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), embassy staff, and government officials in the cities of Jeddah and Riyadh.  The visit was a follow-up to the November 2009 fact-finding mission of...

The dialogue between members and staff of the Philippines’ Congress and members of the Indonesian Parliament was organized by FES Philippines, MFA and the Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA). The program aimed to highlight the role of parliamentarians in the emerging migration regime in the ASEAN region. Download the report of the 2010 Philippines-Indonesia...