1 Million Cambodian Migrant Workers in Thailand Might Miss Voting Registration About 9.6 million Cambodians are now eligible to vote, according to the National Election Commission for the next commune elections scheduled for 4 June, 2017. Although registration procedures have been somewhat simplified and a new electronic voter list will replace the old controversial one, eligible voters currently working in Thailand, estimated to be...
Read MoreFinal Report of the Investigating Mission of the Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs (COWA) to Saudi Arabia, January 9 – 13, 2011 Download the full report here.
Read MoreFrom 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...
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