An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has been in jail for twelve long years in a Bahrain prison after the court sentenced him of unpremeditated murder. Now he is pleading for government assistance to avail the host countries’ yearly Royal pardon, according to Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), a migrant ri…
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12 years in prison, OFW seeks govt. help to avail Royal pardon
February 1st, 2012
Bahrain General Prison Prisoners
Group urges manhunt vs. killer of Filipino migrant worker found dead in Manila airport
January 13th, 2012
A Filipino migrants’ rights group urges today the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation on the death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who is believed to have just returned from her work but was found dead inside a suitcase at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) 2 pay parkin...
22 Filipino Workers Repatriated from Bahrain
August 29th, 2011
Bahrain Workers Working conditions
The Philippines’ Embassy in Manama repatriated 22 of Filipino nationals on 27 August, most of whom were undocumented workers. This is the second major repatriation project undertaken by the Philippines in 2011, the first being in January. The workers were stranded and jobless after having left...
Bahrain Further Restricts Migrant Rights while Publicly Expressing Concern for Migrants
June 29th, 2011
During the days of protests in Bahrain, pro-regime media outlets covered extensively the xenophobic attacks attributed to opposition elements against migrant workers in Bahrain. Pro-regime outlets used the attacks on south-Asian workers in an attempt to present the oppressed protesters as the viole...
Bahrain crackdown arrested 54 undocumented migrants
May 20th, 2011
20 May 2011 Migrant rights group appeals to Bahrain govt. to grant amnesty for undocumented migrants Barely a week until the lifting of the State of National Safety that was announced by the Bahrain government, fifty-four (54) undocumented migrants have been arrested by Bahrain authorities according...
Migrant Workers in the Gulf: A Historical Perspective (video)
May 16th, 2011
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Below is a great video interview of The Real News Network with Dr. Adam Hanieh about the historical changes that occurred within the working class of the Gulf region since the 1950s. The program also discusses the recent popular uprising in Bahrain, the tensions created by the al-Khalifa regime̵...
Govt. responsibility to protect overseas Filipino workers can’t be waived –migrant group
April 15th, 2011
Press Release 15 April 2011 “A government that relinquishes its primary responsibility of protecting its own working people abroad is an irresponsible government,” said John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator. Migrante’s Monterona is reacting to the PH embassy...
Migrant Workers Targetted in Bahrain Violence
March 28th, 2011
Southasian migrant workers have been the targets of a number of violent attacks by anti-government protestors in Bahrain in recent weeks. 40 workers have been attacked in recent weeks, and three remain in a critical condition in hospital, according to the Bahrain Migrant Workers’ Protection So...
The Unrecognised: The life of migrant workers in Bahrain’s construction industry
December 17th, 2010
Bahrain Gulf Sponsorship Working conditions
Introduction The Middle East has become famous for its images of luxury, associated with its large variety of tall and beautiful buildings. For a foreigner from the West, owning a home in Dubai and Bahrain is synonymous with the epitome of wealth and class. Migrant workers exist in all forms of lif...
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