On November 1st, Human Rights Watch released a report entitled “They Deceived Us at Every Step: Abuses against Cambodian Domestic Workers Migrating to Malaysia.” This report presents detailed documentation of the significant abuses and exploitation of Cambodian domestic workers during recruitment, work abroad, and upon their return home. We, members of the Asian Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Labour Migration, welcome this report as...
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This September 2011 meeting of parliamentarians in Phnom Penh, parallel to the meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), was convened on the theme of ‘Ensuring Social Protection for Migrant Workers.’ Discussions addressed social protection schemes for migrants and their families in light of the many insecurities, anxieties, and uncertainties that migrants and their families currently face, and will continue...
Read MoreMigrant 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...
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The 2010 regional informal workshop entitled “Labor Migration in ASEAN and Beyond” on 17‐18 September 2010 held at the Sofitel Hanoi in Ha Noi, Vietnam, was organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Philippine Office and Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), with support from the Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The program was designed to encourage learning and reflection on the...
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