Christmas Greetings from PMRW 2024

 

CSO Recommendations for the 17th AFML

The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) presents the recommendations given by civil society representatives at the 17th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour on November 13-14, 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

This year's theme, "Care Work and Labour Migration in ASEAN," explored how the ASEAN can meet its care needs through labor migration as well as enhance the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant care workers. Given the broad spectrum of care workers, specific measures are recommended to ensure their welfare while addressing the rising need of care workers across the region.

PMRW is one of the representatives of the Philippines to the AFML.

June 7 is National Migrant Workers Day

 

The Migrant Watch March 2024 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the March 2024 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• Seasonal Workers Program (SWP) for OFWs
• DAWN's 28th Anniversary
• 11th Exodus Formation Program
• National Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking
• Transitions in SMC
• Lobbying and Advocacy Efforts
• ICMC's New Secretary General

Christmas Greetings from PMRW 2023

 

Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices 8

The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW), with support from the '8xmille' funds from the Italian Catholic Church (CEI), launched the eighth volume of its book, “Migrants’ Stories, Migrants’ Voices.” It is a collection of stories of migrants, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and members of their families. It talks about the different faces of migration and the challenges migrants and members of their families had to go through abroad and in the Philippines. It speaks of how migrants faced the challenges of being in a foreign land and how families left behind coped with the absence of their family members. The unique feature of this volume is that it centered on the experiences of migrants and members of their families during the pandemic.

Here's a video presentation of Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices 8

The Migrant Watch September 2023 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the September 2023 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• PMRW Participated at the TFAMW National CSOs Consultation
• PMRW Shares Insights at Various Consultations, Dialogues & Meetings
• 37th National Migrants Sunday
• 28th National Seafarers' Day
• SMC Launches the ASPIRE-Project in the Philippines
• Long Overdue - A Truly Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers

Philippine CSO Preparatory Meeting for the 16th AFML

The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) conducted the CSO Preparatory Meeting for the 16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) on October 10, 2023 via Zoom.

With the theme: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Legal Pathways for Labour Migration in ASEAN, representatives from CSOs, government and international organizations discussed on pressing issues and concerns on enhancing legal channels for migrant workers and shared recommendations to address them.

PMRW is the CSO representative of the Philippines to the 16th AFML to be conducted on October 25-26, 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Participants of the CSO Preparatory Meeting for the 16th AFML

PMRW President Carmelita Nuqui facilitating the CSO Preparatory Meeting

Mr. Soe Min Than, Coordinator of TFAMW, providing the background on the 16th AFML

PMRW Vice-President and ECMI Executive Secretary Fr. Roger Manalo giving the closing remarks

The Migrant Watch June 2023 Issue

We are pleased to share with you the June 2023 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• PMRW's Post-Pandemic Strategies at Capacity-Building Activity
• PMRW Participates in AICHR Activities
• PMRW & CBCP-ECMI Conduct Migrants Forum in Kidapawan City
• Dioceses in Bohol Commit to Address Migrant Issues at Diocesan Migrants Forum
• St. John Baptist Scalabrini: Saint and Father of the Migrants 
• What Is the Password? The Spirituality of our Mission

June 7 is National Migrant Workers Day

 

The Migrant Watch March 2023 Issue

  We are pleased to share with you the March 2023 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• PMRW Engages with the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
• DAWN-BEM's Holistic Reintegration
• CBCP-ECMI Itinerancy
• PMRW and CBCP-ECMI Conduct Migrants Forum in the Archdiocese of Zamboanga
• 2023 is the Year for CHAMPSEA-III
• 3rd National Seafarers' Family Networking Gathering

Coverage of the 519th Meeting of the 36th Session of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers and Concluding Observations on the 3rd Periodic Report of the Philippines

Representatives from the Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) were able to participate at the 36th Session of the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) and provide recommendations while observing the 3rd Periodic Reporting of the Philippine Government to the CMW.

Ms. Carmelita G. Nuqui, Fr. Roger C. Manalo and Ms. Ellene A. Sana of PMRW

at the opening of the 36th CMW Session on 27 March 2023 at Palais Wilson, Geneva

PMRW also co-organized a special online briefing with CSOs in the Philippines and the country rapporteurs of the Philippines on 28 March 2023. Their interventions were presented which will be shared at the 3rd Periodic Review.

PMRW members with CSOs and members of the academe in the Philippines

during the online briefing with CMW country rapporteurs on 28 March 2023

On 30 March 2023, PMRW members were able to observe the 3rd Periodic Reporting of the Philippine government to CMW. The full coverage of the session may be viewed at the link below:

Complete Coverage of the 3rd Periodic Report of the Philippine Government to CMW

The CMW provided their concluding observations on the 3rd Periodic Report of the Philippines, incorporating some of the interventions provided by PMRW and CSOs in the Philippines.

Kindly refer to the Advance unedited version of the said observations:

The Migrant Watch December 2022 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the December 2022 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• MOF Highlights Country's Role Towards Fulfilling GCM Objectives
• DAWN-BEM Conduct Seminar-Workshop on Mental Health, Psychosocial Support and Mindfulness
• The Canonization of Saint John Baptist Scalabrini
• Struggling But Hopeful: Findings From IOM-SMC Survey On Returned Migrant Workers
• New CHR Chair Presents Their Agenda to CSOs
• Stella Maris Philippines Held National Congress

Christmas Greetings from PMRW 2022

The Migrant Watch September 2022 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the September 2022 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• PMRW Members Meet OWWA Administrator Arnell Ignacio
• Monitoring the Magna Carta of Seafarers Bills in Congress
• DAWN & DTI Launch Shared Service Facilities
• ECMI Holds Consultative Dialogue With Government Agencies For Migration
• The 36th National Migrants' Sunday Celebrations
• 27th National Seafarers' Day
• Stella Maris Conducts Regional Training and Meeting In Manila

The Migrant Watch June 2022 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the June 2022 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• New Department, New Government, New Directions? Abangan!
• 3rd NSMHR Focus on Migrant Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• #NoShipping#NoShopping Campaign For Stella Maris Scalabrinian Network
• DAWN-LG Electronics Philippines Celebrates Women's Month
• The 36th National Migrants Sunday Behind the Scene
• PMRW Actively Participates in AICHR Engagements
• ECMI Upgrades its Social Media & Communications Setup

The Migrant Watch March 2022 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the March 2022 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• What to Expect in the Department of Migrant Workers?
• DAWN-BEM Webinar Series on Access to Essential Services & Livelihood Support
• The Church Vows to Strengthen its Fights against Human Trafficking
• Multi-Country Research Reveals Varied Impacts of Pandemic on Filipino Migrants
• Stella Maris Philippines Distribute More Than PHP 5M to Seafarers & Their Families
• Difficulties in Exercising Suffrage with Underfunded Overseas Voting

RA 11641: Department of Migrant Workers Act

On 30 December 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act Number 11641 or "An Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers, Defining its Powers and Functions, Rationalizing the Organization and Functions of Government Agencies Related to Overseas Employment and Labor Migration, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes.

RA 11641, or the Department of Migrant Workers Act, is posted below:

The Migrant Watch December 2021 Issue

 We are pleased to share with you the December 2021 issue of our newsletter, The Migrant Watch.

In this issue, we have the following articles:

• 2021 Month of Overseas Filipinos Celebration Looks Forward to a Resilient Post COVID-19 Era
• Diocesan Migrants' Forum in Capiz
• PMRW Launches Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices 7
• DAWN & the British Embassy Manila Conduct Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence & Migrants Rights Webinars

Christmas Greetings from PMRW 2021