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David Bacon January 4, 2012   |    This article appeared in the January 23, 2012 edition of The Nation. This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute and the Puffin Foundation. Some names of the people profiled in this article have been changed.   Roberto Ortega tried to make a living slaughtering

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Resist commodification, modern-day slavery and other imperialist attacks on migrants and the people! Statement of the International Migrants Alliance on the International Migrants Day 2011 The International Migrants Day 2011 is commemorated amidst intensified attacks on the livelihood and rights of migrants under the worsening global economic and financial crisis brought about and intensified

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The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) Europe section led a militant protest picket in front of the UN Complex in Geneva, Switzerland last December 1, to protest the holding of the 5th GFMD in Geneva and to say no to the GFMD,   The IMA held banners and posters which said: NO to the GFMD! UPHOLD the Rights of the Undocumented! No to the EU Return Directive! No to the Criminalization and

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As a migrant and refugee organization, advocate and friend, we invite you to join “MIGRANTS Counter to the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)”– includes two events organized by the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), to be held 30 November- 1st December 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. From  the GFMD in Manila 2008, Athens 2009, and Mexico 2010,  the IMA mobilized thousands of

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Migration and the hope of providing a better future for our children have always gone hand in hand. As the largest private-sector union in Canada, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada understands the importance of education. As such, we are offering 20 scholarships for the children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews of migrant workers. Each scholarship is in the

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The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) congratulates domestic workers organizations, migrants groups and advocates for the rights of migrant workers who have advocated for the passing of an international instrument that can be used for the further advancement of domestic workers rights. Despite attempts by some governments, particularly of the European Union, to water down key provisions, the

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Manila, Philippines July 3-4, 2011 I. Introduction The IMA international founding assembly was held in Hong Kong in June 15 to 16, 2008 and attended by 167 delegates representing 118 organizations from 25 countries. Among these, 102 were present as founding members (regular and associate members) while 16 came as observers. The assembly was highlighted with panel presentations and

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As a community-based organization composed of Filipino caregivers, migrant workers, and immigrants, MIGRANTE-BC* (Canada) stands in steadfast solidarity with the more than 50 Filipino temporary foreign workers (TFWs)

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MIGRANTE Canada December 26, 2010 THE THREE FATHERS’ FIGHT TO STAY CONTINUES Winnipeg, Manitoba --While many families are busy preparing for Christmas, three migrant workers known as Three Amigos (or the Three Fathers) are busy preparing their documents for their immigration hearing and steeling themselves for the worse possible scenario, which could be  deportation orders. In the past weeks,

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VANCOUVER:December 18th is International Migrants Day!And Migrante’s National Day of Action for the Three Fathers in Winnipeg, ManitobaPlease join us in voicing our concerns with and for migrant workers on International Migrants Day.On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly, recognizing the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants

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By Caros Sanders, Winnipeg Free Press, November 30, 2010Winnipeg, Manitoba -- After being told they can no longer work in Canada, three Filipino men given shelter by a friend were given the boot by the building's superintendent who saw their photo in the Winnipeg Free Press last week. "They were kicked out the day of the article," said Diwa Marcelino with the lobby group Damayan Manitoba. Ermie

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October 21, 2010 -- The Third International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR3) will take place November 6-8 in Mexico City, coinciding with the Fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development  (GFMD) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on November 10, 2010. The IAMR3 follows the First International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees in Manila in 2008 and IAMR2 whick took place in Greece in 2009.

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The International Migrants Alliance condemns in the strongest possible terms the massacre of 72 undocumented migrants in Mexico on August 24, 2010. We demand that justice should be given to them with the perpetrators prosecuted and punished. Found with hands bound behind their backs and shot in the head in the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas, these 72 migrants from Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador

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Sit-in Struggle against the crackdown in the name of the G-20 Third Report * July 21 (Wednesday) This morning we participated in a press conference calling for cancellation of the layoff of irregular workers by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Nonghyup), which was held in front of the Nonghyup office near Seodaemun Station. As always, Nonghyup still refuses to guarantee the

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By Reyvi Mariñas Amidst drum beats, the delegates entered the hallway holding their banners. They introduced their organisations with joyous and militant chants. With around 60 delegates from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia and guests from Migrante International in thePhilippines, Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants in Hong Kong and Migrante in New

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The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) is one with the exploited women of the world in the commemoration of the 100th year of the International Women's Day and in their continuing fight for comprehensive rights in society. Many of such oppressed women are migrant workers and immigrants including those who are undocumented or in an irregular status. Their conditions have been exacerbated by

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March 1, 2010 By Pet Cleto Participants in the Migrant Women’s Coordinating Body for International Women’s Day education session on women’s struggles in Toronto. TORONTO — Awakened and courageous hearts were beating loud last February 21, 2010, as the Migrant Women’s Coordinating Body for International Women’s Day opened its second education day for 2010 with a drum-beating by Cherokee and

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Press ReleaseFebruary 26, 2010The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) expressed grave concern over the possible impact of a planned crackdown by the Thai Royal Government on more than 1.4 million migrant workers, mostly from Laos, Cambodia and Burma.According to the IMA, the crackdown is a wishy-washy move of the Thai government to target migrant workers who have failed to submit to the

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+Please circulate widely+ Global Day of Action for the 254 Tamil Asylum Seekers stranded on a boat in Merak Indonesia Date:Friday February 19, 2010 Time: 4:00pm - 7:00 pm Location: Indonesian Consulate - 129 Jarvis street Toronto, Canada Remember: There are 31 children and a pregnant women who is due on March 5, 2010 on this boat. Over 254 people have been living on this vessel made to

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Press Release: February 2, 2010For reference: Eni Lestari, ChairpersonContact # +1 (852) 9608-1475The International Migrants Alliance condemns the unjust detention of three refugee advocates by the Indonesian authorities last January 26, 2009.Jessica Chandrashekar of the Canada-based Humanitarian Appeal for Relief of Tamils, Pamela Curr of the Melbourne-based Asylum Seeker Resource Center and

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The regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo changed the face of labor migration in the Philippines. It pursued its labor-export policy aggressively, begging receiving countries to accept more overseas Filipino workers. In the meantime, it shirked its responsibilities toward Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in distress, in many instances even becoming complicit in the abuse of overseas

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The federal government is moving to protect foreign caregivers from abuse and exploitation while making it easier for them to obtain permanent residency in Canada.Nannies will now have up to four years to complete a total of two years of work that is necessary to apply for landed status and will no longer have to undergo a second medical examination when they do. And employers wanting to hire a

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The Philippine ReporterDecember 1, 2009TORONTO–As early as the day after the typhoon Ondoy unleashed death and destruction in the surrounding areas of Metro Manila, Migrante Canada in coordination with Bayan Canada and United Church of Canada already issued callouts to the Filipino community in all cities and provinces. On its part, Migrante-Ontario issued an appeal to everyone to help with the

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More than 100 delegates and guests representing 45 organizations of migrants, refugees and advocates from 20 countries, participated in the successful holding of the second International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) held November 1-4, 2009, in Athens, Greece. The assembly, held at the Athens University of Economics and Business, and the Polytechnic University of Athens, was held as a

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In this interview with the on-line magazine Bulatlat, our friend from Montreal, Evelyn Calugay, shares her experiences when she decided to move to Canada as a nurse from the Philippines. She also shares her opinion about Canadian policies that are detrimental to foreign-trained nurses.By JHONG DELA CRUZBulatlat.comALBERTA, Canada — The Philippines has been exporting nurses since the 1960s.

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Dear Colleagues, Friends and Delegates to the Second International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees! Our Second Assembly will take place November 1-4, 2009 in Athens, Greece! May we request all organizations, and even individuals, to send SOLIDARITY MESSAGES or GREETINGS to the Second International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees. The messsages/greetings need not be long, and could be just one

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MIGRANTE CANADAPress ReleaseOctober 16, 2009Toronto, CanadaMigrante Canada denounces in the strongest possible terms the decision of the Commission on Elections [COMELEC] to delist the Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) from the list of registered organizations vying in next year’s party-list election in the Philippines.“This COMELEC decision is unjust and anomalous,” says Marco Luciano, Migrante

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Dear IMA-Canada members and friends,On Sunday, October 4, 2009, Migrante Ontario spokesperson Maru Maesa and myself went to Southern Ontario. We drove west from Toronto for about four hours to Kingsville, a small town southeast of Windsor, Ontario. Going through a long road by the fields the drive felt longer than it was. Upon entering the town of Leamington, the town before Kingsville, we

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Press Statementof the International Migrants Alliance on the G20** MeetingSeptember 20, 2009If the G20 will have their way, there is no hope that the people can cope with the current depression gripping the world. Worse, there can never be a future where social justice prospers and where the dignity of all workers – including (especially) migrant workers – is upheld. Saving the neoliberal

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Migrante-OntarioPress ReleaseSeptember 14, 2009Reaction to Government of Canada’s response to proposed recommendations by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and ImmigrationMigrante-Ontario is extremely disappointed at the Conservative Government of Canada’s response to the recommendations presented by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in its May 2009 report Temporary

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The 2nd International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR2) in Athens, Greece is quickly approaching. The first IAMR was successfully held in Manila, Philippines in November last year.The IAMR is the migrant and refugee challenge to the inter-government-led Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) which is holding its third session in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 4-5, 2009, to continue

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By Carlito Pablostraight.comPublish Date: August 13, 2009Faint from the torture inflicted on her, the terrified young woman was taunted by one of her tormentors.“Do you think the Canadian government can do anything for you?” the man said. He called her “Maita”.But her name wasn’t Maita. Nor was she a Canadian.The woman was Melissa Roxas, an American citizen visiting the Philippines, the

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The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights and MIGRANTE B.C. combine its collective voices in opposition to the State of the Nation (SONA) address of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her devilish scheme to perpetuate herself in power well beyond 2010.As overseas organizations of Filipino migrants and immigrants and human rights advocates in Canada, we closely follow the developments

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Migrants Say No to Cha-cha, Calls for Zero Remittance Day on July 27!Damayan Manitoba, a progressive organization of Filipino migrant workers in Manitoba and a member-alliance of Migrante International and Bayan Canada, denounces President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Charter change (Cha-cha) and her desperate move to remain in power beyond 2010.On 2 June 2009, Arroyo's cohorts in the Philippine

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AT THE VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARYBy: Migrante B.C.It was a history lesson unlike any other. Told through archival and current images, nationalist poetry, songs and dances, the story of the Philippines and its people from pre-colonial period to the present is that of a proud and brave lineage and history. (Photo: Bibak dance group)Organized by MIGRANTE B.C. in collaboration with the Vancouver Public

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Manila, Saturday, July 18, 2009 -- "Zero Remittance on the First day of Con-Ass, July 26: this is our clarion call to all and sundry who would try to subvert further the last modicum of democracy in our country."This was the reiteration of Migrante International's resolution in a press conference held at the Cypress Café in Manila, Philippines, today. A little over a week before the last State of

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The International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) is an assembly where migrants and refugees speak for themselves through their grassroots organizations supported by a broad spectrum of migrants rights advocates, progressive workers' groups and social movements.The First IAMR held in Manila, Philippines last October 2008, embodied the autonomous voice of the migrants and refugees through

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Montreal, June 28, 2009 -- In the wake of the successful 2nd National Migrant Justice Gathering held in Waterloo, IMA-Canada members in Montreal organized a successful round-table discussion on widening the migrant alliance in Quebec and Ontario with guests Ramon Bultron from Hong Kong and Alfredo Barahona from KAIROS.Migrant workers from the Philippine Migrants Society of Canada / Pilipinong

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The Second National Migrant Justice Gathering was successfully held at the University of Waterloo, Canada, June 20-21, 2009. Members of IMA-Canada from Montreal, the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver joined migrant workers, union organizers from the Agricultural Workers Alliance and the United Food And Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), and advocates from across Canada to discuss how to strengthen

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Statement released by AMMORE(Action Network for Marriage Migrants Rights and Empowerment)June 2009 On this traditional month for weddingsMarriage migrants call for rights protection amidst global crisisThe implementation of the policies of neoliberal globalization that led to the worst global recession has pushed women from underdeveloped and developing countries into transnational marriages that

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Dear friends in the IMA, Warm greetings from Hong Kong! The IMA Secretariat has been receiving emails from groups wanting to join the IMA. I am sure that some of you may have been receiving the same or are already recruiting. In this regard, we would like to provide you with the process on how to become a member of the IMA. Based on Article V of the IMA's Constitution and By-laws: a) Any

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Stéphane BaillargeonLe Devoir - lundi 01 juin 2009Des travailleuses domestiques manifestent pour recevoir la protection de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail (Photo: Jacques Grenier)Malgré les demandes répétées de modifications de la loi, les aides domestiques du Québec, majoritairement originaires des Philippines, sont toujours exclues du régime de la santé et de la sécurité au

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Justice for Migrant Workers reports that nine women migrant workers have been arrested in a workplace raid in Leamington, Ontario.In the early morning of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, Immigration Enforcement swarmed Lakeside Produce arresting nine women, one of whom is pregnant. They were all being detained in the Windsor County Jail.“We are outraged by these arrests,” says Chris Ramsroop of Justica

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Crackdown is omen of worst things to comeThe International Migrants Alliance (IMA) denounces the Canadian government in the strongest possible terms after its Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) rounded up and detained last week over 100 migrant workers considered illegal in the Greater Toronto Area. These raids, according to Canadian authorities, are a part of the three-month probe into

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5 April 2009We stand together with migrant workers and migrants’ advocates today to condemn the recent raids on workplaces and homes conducted April 3 by immigration enforcement authorities. Close to a hundred people – Chinese, Thai and Filipino among them - were arrested and detained.We express deep concern for the way these migrants were treated as criminals being handcuffed for hours.

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Avec cette série de reportages, le journaliste Gino Harel vous propose un survol des principaux enjeux économiques et sociaux auxquels sont confrontées les Philippines. Des enjeux qui, à cause de la crise financière mondiale, doivent être considérés sous un jour nouveau.Accueil et réportages - Radio-Canada.ca

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Migrante International, the global alliance of Filipino migrant workers, together with her family, met the remains of Juana Tejada, the OFW* heroine from Toronto, Canada, who finally lost her battle with cancer, at the Pair Pags Center, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Avenue in Pasay City, Philippines. (Photo Alex Felipe)Juana Tejada, a former caregiver under Canada’s Live-In Caregiver

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Melca Salvador laisse dans le deuil son fils de 12 ans, Richard. C'est Evelyn Calugay (à droite) qui a recueilli l'enfant Photo: André Tremblay, La Pressepar Isabelle Hachey La PresseMelca Salvador était une battante. Elle s'était démenée pour améliorer son propre sort, celui de son petit garçon, celui des travailleurs immigrés qui subissent leurs malheurs en silence. Elle avait vaincu les

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Migrante-Ontario StatementMarch 8, 2009Toronto, CanadaFriends learned late today, March 8, of the death of our beloved friend Juana Tejada. Migrante Ontario extends our condolences to her husband Noli and her sister Berna. At around 9PM Juana lost her final battle. She died of cancer. (Photo Alex Felipe)We in Migrante Ontario met Juana Tejada through her lawyer Rafael Fabregas. She was fighting

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This is an interesting and important analysis by researcher Salima Laliani of recent changes in Canadian immigration policy; it also coincides with the subject of a documentary project we are presently working on entitled: The end of immigration?Marie & Malcolm____________________________The Shift in Canadian Immigration Policy and Unheeded Lessons of the Live-in Caregiver ProgramOttawa, Canada

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Le ministre du Travail du Québec est accusé de faire preuve de discrimination à leur égardClaude Turcotte - Le Devoir (Montréal)Édition du lundi 23 février 2009 Photo: Jacques NadeauAu cours d'une conférence de presse donnée le dimanche 22 février dans Côte-des-Neiges, en plein cœur d'un quartier d'immigrants, des représentantes des travailleuses domestiques ont demandé d'être enfin

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The Melca Salvador StoryUploaded by Productions_Multi-Monde_____________________________________________________________This International Women's Day we honor a fallen worker...Today I woke up to hear bad news from my 8-year-old son, Russell. He had just finished eating breakfast at his grandmother's who lives in an adjoining apartment flat she had gotten a contractor to build beside our family

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Attacks to our wage and job security are happening everywhere. Yet, both the sending governments and the receiving ones are incapable or worse, unwilling, to stem the tide of violations to the rights of migrants that the financial crisis brings.This was declared by Eni Lestari, chairperson of the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) as migrants around the world reel from the creeping impact

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par Éric DesrosiersLe Devoir, Montréal, Québec, le mardi 27 janvier 2009 -- Application à la main-d'oeuvre du phénomène de la mondialisation, les travailleurs migrants viennent de former une alliance dans l'espoir d'un peu mieux faire entendre leur voix et défendre leurs droits.(This article entiled: "Migrant workers will speak with one voice" on the founding of the International Migrants'

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Migrant workers shall suffer the bruntof globalization-induced crisisGrassroots migrants shall be readyto intensify our struggle for our rightsDecember 18, 2008Neo-liberal globalization has forced us to migrate and become commodities for sale by sending countries and cheap laborers for the receiving ones. Now, as neoliberal policies induced another global recession, we are again made to

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The British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades CouncilMEDIA ADVISORY Wednesday December 3, 2008Temporary foreign workers on Canada Line construction win precedent-setting BC Human Rights Tribunal discrimination complaint decision worth more than estimated $2.4 million against SELI Canada and SNC Lavalin; Building

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[français en-dessous]Montréal, December 4, 2008 -- Shortly before Québec premier Jean Charest called the provincial election, Yolande James, his Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities, astounded us with the announcement that immigrants to Quebec would have to respect Québec’s “common values”. She said that immigrants to Québec must respect the fact that Québec is a secular society

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By Carlito Pablo (Georgia Straight)Publish Date: December 3, 2008The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that temporary foreign workers who helped build the underground tunnel in Vancouver for the Canada Line were discriminated against by their employers. (Illustration by Claudio Munoz)In a 218-page ruling issued today (December 3), a tribunal panel states that the complaint filed on behalf of

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November 24, 2008Press StatementJustice has been finally served for migrant activist Irene Fernandez.The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) celebrates with Irene Fernandez as the Kuala Lumpur High Court has acquitted her today from all charges filed by the Malaysian government in 1996.Today, the presiding judge Mohamad Apandi Ali reversed the 2003 conviction on Fernandez after the prosecution

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A massive and unlawful crackdown by the Ministry of Justice and police force took place in the Seong-Sang Furniture Factory Complex in Masok (Namyangju City, Gyounggi-Do, Korea) on November 12th, beginning roughly at 9:30am. The crackdown was carried out using over 100 police officers and immigration offices of Seoul, Eujeongbu, and Incheon Airport, large riot police buses and several 35-seat

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Montreal, November 11, 2008 -- The International Migrants’ Alliance - Canada (IMA - Canada) expresses our strongest condemnation of the arbitrary arrest of Ramesh Tufan, International Coordinating Body (ICB) member of the IMA and chief of the department of foreign affairs of the Nepal Labour Organization, an active affiliate of the IMA. We demand his immediate and unconditional release.IMA –

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Montreal - Come to a community event to LAUNCH the results of a survey on the work conditions of domestic workersFree entryCultural presentation on the concrete experiences of caregiversWhen: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 15h00 to 18h00Where: 6767 Cote-des-Neiges, MontrealSupper will be served, plus entertainment_____________________P I N A YFilipino Women’s Organization in QuebecOrganisation des

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Migrants all over the World Unite against ‘Modern Day Slavery’BY RONALYN OLEAMIGRANT WATCHBulatlatClose to 200 migrants from 35 countries gathered in Manila Oct. 28 to 30 and stood up against what they call as ‘modern day slavery.’Under the banner of the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), the migrants held the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) at the Bay View Park Hotel

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Dear friends:The Canadian government is implementing a new visa questionnaire for all Indian nationals. This questionnaire is unprecedented in that it only applies to Indian nationals and is also unprecedented given the highly intrusive nature of the questionnaire. There is absolutely no clarity as to how and for what purpose the answers will be used or shared and Canadian government officers

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Montreal, Sunday, October 26, 2008 -- As part of International Migrants' Alliance (IMA) - Canada's nation-wide activities to mark their opposition to the UN-sponsored Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Manila, more than fifty migrant workers, refugees, immigrant textile workers and their supporters came together in Montreal in a Speak-Out which exposed the "true cost of migration

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ANGIE DE LARA, Migrant Watch - BulatlatThe United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants will attend the International Assembly of Migrants and Refuges (IAMR), a counterpart assembly to the Global Forum and Development (GMFD).Launched by Migrante International and the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), the IAMR will formally convene on October 28 to 30 at the Bayview Park

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International Migrants Alliance (IMA), an alliance of migrants composed of 112 organizations worldwide will declare October 29, 2008 as a “Zero Remittance Day" to signify its opposition to “forced migration and systematic exploitation of cheap labor."The symbolic protest action would coincide with the opening of the Global Forum on Migrant Development (GFMD) that would be hosted by the

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The inter-governmental Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) holds its second session in the Philippines this year. It will be in Manila on October 28-30, 2008. The GMFD will bring together government representatives from close to 200 countries, big business interests and their allied non-government organizations to discuss labor migration and development. But in the midst of global

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Les migrants et les réfugié-e-s lèvent la voix!Pour contrer le Forum mondial sur la migration et le développpementUn évènement de l'Alliance internationale des migrants-CanadaDimanche le 26 octobre 2008 à Montréal15h - 18h6767 Cote-des-Neiges (Cente communautaire Côte-des-neiges)Prendront la parole: Une réfugiée tamil, un travailleur agricole étranger, une aide familiale résidente étranger, un

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KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMANews.TV10/09/2008 | 08:09 PMMANILA, Philippines - A militant group on Thursday said the twin gatherings scheduled at the end of the month in Manila to discuss global migration concerns are "elitist."So in place of these "sham proceedings," Migrante International said it is sponsoring, together with the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), a third gathering on October 28-29

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MIGRANTE-B.C. sends its warm greetings of support and solidarity to all the organizers and attendees of the launching of International Migrants Alliance (IMA)-Canada.Migrante-B.C. is a mass-based organization of Filipino migrants and their families that asserts that Filipino migrants deserve the greatest promotion and protection of their rights wherever they are.An estimated number of 10,000

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MANILA, Philippines - Several migrant groups are still seeking justice for an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in Canada in 2007.The Filipino Migrant Worker’s Movement, Migrant Ontario and Migrante International on Wednesday said in a statement that two men charged with first degree murder are set to appear again before a court in November for the death of Jocelyn Dulnuan, a 27-year

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That so many millions of Filipinos are forced to go abroad and that the country is so dependent on remittances actually underscore the great failure of the government to build a solid domestic economy. BY ANGIE DE LARAMIGRANT WATCHBulatlat The Arroyo government will host the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development this October. Bulatlat interviewed Jose Enrique Africa, research head

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Chers ami-e-s, travailleurs et travailleuses migrants, militant-e-s pour les droits sociaux,Vous êtes tous et toutes invité-e-s au lancement de l'Alliance internationale des migrants - section Québec/Canada!Quand: Samedi le 4 october 15h à 18hOU: UQAM, Pavillon Hubert Aquin salle A050 400, Ste-Catherine est, coin St-Denis, Métro Berri, Montréal, QuébecConférencière: Wahu

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Vancouver, B.C.-- An estimated crowd of 70 people, which included guests, well wishers and members of the Filipino community came together to celebrate the successful launch of the MIGRANTE B.C. last September 14, 2008. MIGRANTE-B.C. is a new community-based organization of Filipinos in British Columbia that asserts that Filipino migrants deserve the greatest promotion and protection of their

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Dear members of the International Migrants' Alliance,As you all may know Dr. Irene Fernandez, member of ICB-IMA, has been prosecuted by Malaysian government for documenting and exposing the “Abuse, Torture and Dehumanized Conditions of Migrant workers in Detention Centres” in Malaysia. She was sentenced for 12 months imprisonment but the appeal against the decision is still on going.Her case will

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BY BULATLATAug. 17, 2008 - 4:01 p.m.Migrante International held a wreath laying and press conference this morning at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, near the corner of EDSA and Quezon Ave. in Manila, to show the true face of migrant Filipinos and to pay tribute to overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have died under questionable circumstances. Photos of OFWs who became victims of violence and abuse

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BY ANGIE DE LARAMIGRANT WATCHBulatlatVolume VIII, Number 28, August 17 – 23, 2008The Migrante International chapter in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed alarm over the increase in the reported cases ‘suicide’ of Filipino workers.In a statement, Nhel Morona, Migrante-UAE secretary general, revealed that from February to August of this year alone, the Migrante chapter in Dubai has already

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“For a long time, others spoke on our behalf. Now we speak for ourselves.”The message was clear: the time for the voice of the grassroots migrants has come with the resounding success of the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) founding assembly.They came from all corners of the world. One hundred and sixty seven delegates representing 118 organizations from 25 countries participated in the

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