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The global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International on Thursday criticized the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for setting a "deadline" for the evacuation and repatriation of distressed Filipinos in Libya, when only six percent of 26,000 Filipinos scheduled to return have arrived in Manila. (Photos by Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. / bulatlat.com)
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International criticized the Aquino administration's crisis management -- from the repatriation of OFWs to simply responding to the calls via their hotline numbers -- as slow and inept. The group challenged the government to provide more than just livelihood assistance in dealing with jobless OFWs who would be flocking the country in the coming days.
Bulatlat.com will provide live updates as they come about the crisis in Libya and the situation there of overseas Filipino workers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2011 Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers Migrante International today confirmed reports that a Filipino worker died in Libya last February 21. According to Gina Esguerra, secretary-general, Fr. Allan Arcebuche of San...
February 28, 2011 Attention: Ambassador Vicente ANT Admin Jovencion Catbagan Welfare officer Rosauro Octiavano Dear Sir, Nais ko po alamin sa inyong tanggapan riyan sa ating embahada sa Tipoli libya kung ano po ang kalagayan sa 17 ofws ng CKG na naiwanan ng...
According to Migrante International, 105 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are stranded at the Amal Area oilfields amid violent clashes in Libya. 47 OFWs are also stranded at the Algerian border because they were not allowed to pass through due of lack of documents. (Photo courtesy of Migrante International / bulatlat.com)
Bulatlat.com will provide live updates as they come about the crisis in Libya and the situation there of overseas Filipino workers.
MANILA -- A migrant group in the Middle East believes that officials of the Philippine embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, duped an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rape victim into believing that her case was weak and that it was to her interest to settle it...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
There are 25,737 Filipinos in Libya, working as medical workers, professors or skilled workers. Most of them, Migrante International said, are caught between the riots and are clueless as to how they would be brought out safely from Libya.
OFWs on Death Row and the Aquino Gov't
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"When we were still (in Saudi) the government did not help us. Now that we are home, they still could not extend any assistance to us." – Lubaira Guiandal, 43, one of the OFWs who lived under the Khandara Bridge while awaiting repatriation.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International is dismayed by the ruling, saying said that by absolving labor attaché Romulo Salud of his verbal abuse of Agnes Tenorio, the DOLE is encouraging more such abuses in the future.
PRESS RELEASE February 1, 2011 Migrante International, global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), today asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to look into reports that some OFWs in Egypt are not in possession of their passports. According to Garry...
PRESS RELEASE February 1, 2011 Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International today called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to “employ solid and decisive actions and not just empty promises” in ensuring the safety and welfare...
News Release January 20, 2011 Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International today joined overwhelming opposition to the impending increase in MRT and LRT fares, saying that the fee hikes will increase the daily operational expenses of...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International says if President Aquino will remain silent about the abuse of OFWs, “it means that he is siding with abusive employers and other institutions who are gaining benefits from Filipino migrants workers.”
November 17, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International today chided the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for “promoting the insurance provision for suicides in the mandatory insurance...
The indoor protest action by Migrante-Jeddah chapter last October 29 jumpstarts a series of protests and press conferences from November 2 to 6, marking the 9th month detention of the Morong 43. The activities will be held simultaneously with internationally-coordinated actions led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan to pressure the Aquino government to act on the immediate and unconditional release of the Morong 43 and other political prisoners.
In a press conference on Tuesday, United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-Migrante-HK) exposed the rude and insensitive treatment of Labor Attache to Hong Kong Romulo Salud towards an OFW in distress.
By BULATLAT MANILA -- A Filipino migrants’ rights body based in Saudi Arabia is urging the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Consulate General to take the opportunity of the granting of a blanket royal pardon to all illegal and undocumented migrants in the...
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