A Filipino migrants’ rights group today called on the Aquino administration and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to work hard and intensify its efforts to save a Filipino convicted of drug trafficking in China.
In a statement issued on November 30, the DFA confirmed that a Filipino whom it …
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Group urges Philippine govt. to work hard saving doomed OFW in China
November 30th, 2011
Migrants in Libya face uncertain future
November 28th, 2011
A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. A substantial percentage of these men, women, and children are sub-Saharan African migrants caught up in the volatile transition of power. Accounts of arbitrary arrest and torture have been documented by human rights ...
All Eyes on Rizana Nafeek
November 16th, 2011
General Legal cases Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is set to behead another migrant worker unless Sri Lanka can persuade authorities to grant Rizana Nafeek amnesty. Media outlets worldwide are monitoring the story closely as part of the mounting attention Saudi’s policies have received since the June execution of Ruyati Binti Sapubi. ...
Another Story of TB and Discrimination
November 4th, 2011
Recently, we reported Yanita’s experiences with the Gulf’s unfair and overzealous Tuberculosis (TB) deportation policies. Mark, a migrant worker from Manila, shares his own, similar encounters with the GCC’s TB laws below: Mark was first diagnosed with minimal pulmonary TB in September...
Dated TB Laws Do More Harm Than Good
October 31st, 2011
Deportation Gulf Legislation UAE
The social and medical effects of the GCC’s controversial tuberculosis (TB) deportation laws may not be worth the supposed advantages. The UAE deports individuals with active, new, or old pulmonary TB scars. Health officials claim to only deport newcomers, and not long-term residents. But thi...
Suicide of Detained Migrant Prompts Investigation
October 23rd, 2011
General Kuwait Prisoners Suicide
The suicide of an Indonesian maid in Kuwaiti custody is drawing questions about the conditions of her imprisonment.The woman hung herself with her scarf, her severed neck indicating that she had not been checked up on for days. Current accounts of the case are conflicting; one reports that security ...
UN urges Lebanon to Protect Domestic Workers
October 20th, 2011
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on modern day slavery is urging Lebanon to address the plight of its domestic workers. Gulnara Shahinian recounted conditions of the migrants she met in Lebanon; sexual abuse, contract violations, unfair hours, and domestic servitude regularly punctuated their exper...
Beheaded Bangladeshi Migrants Victims of Saudi Legal System
October 14th, 2011
General Legal cases Saudi Arabia
The dangers migrants face in foreign legal systems was touched upon briefly in our previous article spotlighting the impetus behind travel bans. The marginal legal rights migrants possess are further compromised once they commit a crime; the moment a migrant becomes a suspect, causal mistreatment th...
India Promises New Protections for Migrants
October 11th, 2011
“Corrupt and ineffective” are generally terms used to describe government oversight agencies unable to manage the difficulties facing their citizens abroad. India is making strides to reverse this conception by supporting their citizens across various phases of the migrant experience. ...
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