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