tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200363364214858972024-03-04T23:41:19.240-05:00International Migrants' Alliance - Canada Chapter Alliance internationale des migrants - CanadaIMA - Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720298155418344973noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-265211624626006152023-12-28T12:40:00.000-05:002023-12-28T12:40:33.145-05:00Hope for resumption of Peace Talks - address to Filipino Parents, PINAY, Migrante, Malaya Christmas Party December 22,2023 Dear
friends, Magandang hapon sa inyong lahat!
Thank you
so much for inviting me to say a few words at this Christmas party.
It is the
season to think about peace and goodwill, and that is what I will talk about.
I am
speaking on behalf of the Centre for Philippine Concerns, a solidarity group
that was formed four decades ago, in 1983, by Filipinos and non-Filipinos here
in Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268733650003206756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-30241596261705588842020-08-01T13:54:00.000-04:002020-08-03T13:55:22.139-04:00FROM THE DUMPSTER TO THE GRAVE (SUMA 2020): Duterte’s garbage-like treatment of Filipino migrants and families
State of Migrants
Prepared by Migrante International
26 July 2020
Not so long ago, many Filipinos were already surviving on a hand-to-mouth existence. In the last four months however, even the most industrious of our kababayans have been reduced into hapless beggars in the streets as the most corrupt of Duterte’s cronies are living their grandest lives in paradise. The Duterte MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-72239260804773446392019-03-22T09:57:00.001-04:002019-03-22T10:02:21.789-04:00On The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination -2019IMA Canada Statement
March 21, 2019
As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) Canada Chapter condemns the massacre of 50 innocent Muslims in their house of prayer in Christchurch, New Zealand
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination proclaimed by the United Nations in 1960 was to remind the MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-65327839053461701092017-12-18T10:25:00.000-05:002019-03-22T10:27:20.561-04:00Grassroots migrants will determine their own future!US – Trump Rejects UN Global Compact on Migrants and Refugees,
Grassroots Migrants Will Determine Their Own Future!
International Migrants Day 2017Two weeks before International Migrants Day, December 18th, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it will no longer participate in the UN Global Compact on Migrants (GCM) and refugees (GCR) declaring that the UN’s “approach is simply not MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-23788237796805150662017-06-27T10:37:00.000-04:002019-03-22T10:07:49.963-04:00Migrants, refugees to hold Berlin Speak Out Street Event vs. GFMDPRESS RELEASE
International Assembly of Migrants & Refugees
26 June 2017
[BERLIN, 26 June 2017] Nothing About Us, Without Us! Migrants and refugees from Europe and around the world will hold the SPEAK OUT STREET EVENT on Wednesday, 28 June, in Berlin, Germany, as a counter-action to the UN Global Forum on Migration and Development and as an activity of the 7th International Assembly of MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-52008620928257141102014-12-17T20:43:00.002-05:002014-12-17T20:46:35.823-05:00Struggle for genuine development and justice for migrants and the people! Struggle and win!
Statement of the IMA on December 18 2014 International Migrants Day
The
International Migrants Alliance (IMA) commemorates this year’s International
Migrants Day with greater resolve to advance the struggle for the protection of
our rights and dignity, the end to modern-day slavery and the resolution of the
root causes of forced migration.
Erwiana
Sulistyaningsih is the image of this MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-81569496006189683262012-05-01T10:01:00.003-04:002012-05-01T10:06:18.636-04:00Statement of Migrante International on May Day 2012Migrante International marches today with the working people of the world in the fight against imperialist plunder and war that continue to threaten the lives and welfare of peoples, migrants and migrant workers, particularly overseas Filipinos and their families.
Today, Migrante International unites with other sectors of Philippine society to condemn the Aquino administration’s puppetry and MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-38624623874861555642012-01-08T23:34:00.001-05:002012-05-01T10:07:03.863-04:00How US Policies Fueled Mexico's Great MigrationDavid Bacon
January 4, 2012
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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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-38989610931006198272011-12-17T12:22:00.001-05:002012-05-01T10:07:28.252-04:00International Migrants Day 2011: Migrants of the world, rise up against imperialism!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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-35587771523502210742011-12-03T11:59:00.001-05:002011-12-17T12:23:35.954-05:00IMA leads counter-GFMD protest in front of United Nations in Geneva, SwitzerlandThe 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-50093851039498249672011-11-24T22:17:00.001-05:002012-01-08T23:41:34.855-05:00Let the genuine voice of migrants and refugees echo in Geneva to the GFMD!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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-1166525635320304172011-11-05T23:21:00.001-04:002011-11-05T23:23:31.609-04:00UFCW Canada offers 20 scholarships to children of temporary foreign workers in CanadaMigration 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 theMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-89507763113530911662011-06-08T22:32:00.001-04:002012-01-08T23:37:23.964-05:00IMA Statement on the Adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic WorkersThe 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-1276710536349828462011-04-15T09:56:00.000-04:002012-05-01T10:07:44.148-04:00IMA condemns NATO naval forces in Mediterranean for ignoring Libyan refugee distress callFor leaving 72 Libyan refugees to die at sea
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA), a global alliance of grassroots migrant organizations and their allied and support groups, condemn in the strongest terms the criminal abandonment by the NATO naval forces and other Western coast guards of 72 Libyan refugees adrift on a boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
According to a Council of Europe inquiry,MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-20137642779275654782011-04-01T20:38:00.010-04:002012-01-08T23:42:39.167-05:002nd International Assembly of International Migrants' Alliance (IMA)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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-6461153241480746822011-02-15T09:43:00.001-05:002012-05-01T10:08:00.361-04:00Migrante BC (Canada) Salutes Courage of Denny’s Workers
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)MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-66751603670647817332010-12-29T12:30:00.008-05:002011-02-28T09:51:08.837-05:00Threat of deportation: Canada’s Christmas gift to three Filipino workersMIGRANTE 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-6764141669813591682010-12-17T18:18:00.001-05:002010-12-17T18:18:10.217-05:00Celebrating International Migrants' Day 2010 across CanadaVANCOUVER: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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-60385460698461033482010-11-30T18:00:00.001-05:002010-11-30T18:00:33.002-05:00Winnipeg community aids migrant workers facing deportationBy 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-61937122812595161332010-10-23T17:37:00.005-04:002010-10-31T19:26:25.563-04:00IAMR3: Migrant Workers and Advocates to resist the upcoming Fourth Global Forum on Migration and DevelopmentOctober 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-70801930235012477402010-08-31T11:14:00.004-04:002012-05-01T10:08:13.723-04:00Statement of the International Migrants Alliance on the massacre of 72 undocumented migrants in Tamaulipas, MexicoThe 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 SalvadorMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-10983864022011894342010-07-28T13:39:00.002-04:002010-07-28T13:44:28.736-04:00We are not criminals! We are not terrorists! - Migrant workers organize in KoreaSit-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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-83915334322285787032010-06-21T16:50:00.007-04:002010-06-21T17:06:43.139-04:00Migrante-Australia launches first assemblyBy 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-7486470390586359092010-03-07T13:21:00.002-05:002012-05-01T10:08:35.549-04:00Statement: Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants on 100th anniversary of International Women's DayThe 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 byMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420036336421485897.post-26825434003857028162010-03-04T15:59:00.004-05:002010-03-04T16:04:35.285-05:00INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: Strengthening the Voices of Migrant WomenMarch 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 MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173336648973588826noreply@blogger.com0