The Philippine government under the Aquino administration is expected to earn around P18-M to 20-M from imposing a requirement, the Affidavit of Support (AoS), to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) dependents bound to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a Filipino migrants’ rights group…
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PH govt. to ‘extort’ P18-M yearly on ‘Affidavit of Support’ requirement
October 8th, 2011
Nations Consider Banning Workers from Dangerous Areas
October 7th, 2011
Several nations are considering banning their citizens from working in countries with poor records of migrant treatment. East Java is seeking to gradually limit the portion of its population working abroad across the board. Indonesia recently publicized an interim list of only four nations approved ...
Interview with Ahmed Zidan on situation of migrant workers in the Middle East
August 28th, 2011
On the 20th of June, Ahmed Zidan, Editor-in-Chief of Mideast Youth recieved a Best of the Blogs Award for migrant-rights.org. In this inteview, Ahmed talks to Hivos about the prize, the website and the situation of migrant workers in the Middle East.
What Does Slavery Look Like in Lebanon?
August 24th, 2011
Abusive employers General Lebanon Slavery Sponsorship Working conditions
This week, a BCC News article by Hannah McNeish was published and shared all over blogs and portals in the MiddleEast. It was highly disseminated and created a huge buzz in the region. It spoke of an issue tackled more and more with time, but almost unexceptionally on the surface only: “maid slave...
Commentary: Women Filipino Inmates with Children in Dubai Prison
August 9th, 2011
9 August 2011 Commentary: Women Filipino inmates with children in Dubai prison by John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator Last week, Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), care of this writer, received reports about the more or less fifteen (15) women OFW inmates with children...
Migrant House in Beirut
August 5th, 2011
The Anti Racism Movement is opening up a space soon to serve as a house for migrants and domestic workers to come meet, organise, discuss, plan events, work on cases, etc… Check the poster, blog, or fb page to see how you can help and/or what you can contribute with.
Challenges to establish Eritrean identity
July 15th, 2011
General Israel Legal cases Legislation Refugees
A recent case before the Tel Aviv Administrative Court highlighted the common misunderstandings which may occur when asylum seekers apply for protection in Israel. Tigset, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was ordered to leave Israel in March 2010. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MoI) deemed her to be Et...
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel unite
July 14th, 2011
General Israel Racism Refugees Slavery Trafficking
“I didn’t feel my country as my country. Every day my life was disturbed, I was suppressed. I could not live my life in such a way”. These are the words of Kidane Isaac who was caught attempting to flee Eritrea by the border police and sent to military prison in 2007. After four months, he and...
Third Country Nationals
June 10th, 2011
Two weeks ago, a piece by Sarah Stillman appeared in the June 6, 2011 edition of The New Yorker. Titled “The Invisible Army,” her piece follows the perils of contract workers “recruited” to work on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, introducing to me a term I had ne...
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