By John Leonard Monterona,
regional co-ordinator, Migrante Middle East
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A Filipino migrant rights group based in the Middle East today said it is looking forward to meet Vice President Jejomar Binay before the end of this month to discuss OFWs woes and other concerns.
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Migrante Prepares To Meet With Filipine Vice President To Discuss OFW Woes
January 10th, 2011
Abusive employers General Housemaids Rape Working conditions
Lebanon: Ethiopian Domestic Worker ‘Commits Suicide’ in an Employment Office
January 2nd, 2011
Lebanon Recruitment Agencies Suicide
An Ethiopian domestic worker committed suicide in the offices of a recruitment agency in Lebanon on January 1st 2010, according to the National News Agency. The public prosecution charged security forces with the investigation. Originally posted here.
Philippine Embassy Criticised for Failure to Help Distressed OFW Senior Citizens in Saudi
December 25th, 2010
General Women Working conditions
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -An affiliate and member organization of Migrant-Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today slammed the Philippine embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor office-Overseas Welfare Workers Administration for not providing assistance to a distress OFW. Eric Jocson, Chairperson of ...
PH govt. failed to perform its commitment in the UN Convention for the Protection of the rights of Migrants
December 17th, 2010
General Workers Working conditions
December 18 is International Migrants Day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -Today is December 18; it was the same date on the year 1990 when member nation-states of the United Nations signed on theInternational Convention for the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants Workers and Members of their Families. Th...
Lebanon: Satirical video highlights racism toward African, Asian workers
November 26th, 2010
“My Sri Lankan is Lebanese”, a video produced by the Anti-Racism Movement and Ethiopian Suicides on a cellphone as part of an interactive workshop run by the producers of Shankaboot, a popular online serial drama. For more information: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/...
Lebanon: Two deaths of domestic workers reported in today’s news
November 26th, 2010
Death Housemaids Lebanon Suicide
As-Safir newspaper reported today the “suicide” of two migrant domestic workers. In the first case, a Nepalese, Nebedki Sherba (born in 1983) two days ago at her employer’s house (A. D. born in 1944) in Naccache (North of Beirut) hanging from a piece of cloth from the balcony. The ...
Saudi authorities intensify crackdown, 32 undocumented Filipino workers nabbed among other nationalities
November 24th, 2010
Documentation General Saudi Arabia
(Updated) Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia – As the Saudi government intensifies its crackdown campaign against overstaying and undocumented migrant workers, an alliance of Filipino migrants right group in the Middle East today said there are already 32 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), 26...
Migrant group urges PH govt. to consider retention service arrangement of local law firms
November 22nd, 2010
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Citing that many distress Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have cases in various courts in Saudi Arabia and in other Mid-east countries are not properly represented during case hearings, an alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in the Middle East today urges the ...
Lebanon: Bengali domestic worker falls from a window, and dies
November 22nd, 2010
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today the death, last Wednesday, during the Ad’ha holiday, of a Bengali domestic worker, Kazol Idris, aged 24. The worker fell from the window of her employer’s house, Hassan Sh., on the third floor of a building located in the American neighborhood ...
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