MIGRANT FORUM IN ASIA (MFA) believes that migrants’ rights are human rights. Documented or undocumented, irrespective of race, gender, class, age and religious belief, migrant workers’ rights are guaranteed by the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and other international conventions.

MFA is a regional network of non-government organizations (NGOs), associations and trade unions of migrant workers, and individual advocates in Asia who are committed to protect and promote the rights and welfare of migrant workers.

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Featured Member

Hope Workers Center

A founding member of Migrant Forum in Asia, Hope Workers Center in Chugli, Taiwan works to educate & assist migrants on their rights & lobby the government for fair employment conditions.


Website: https://www.facebook.com/Hope.Workers.Center

Statements

The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) officially endorses Migrant Forum in Asia’s (MFA) Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of long-term institutional investors representing $2 trillion USD in assets under management, formally endorses the MFA's Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers. The ICCR recognizes numerous retailers and manufacturers in all sectors avoiding liability for systemic abuse in the past which has been […]
International Migrants Day 2020: Time to Give Back to Migrants
Today, December 18, 2020, marks International Migrants Day, the 30-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the two-year anniversary of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. A Time for Transformative Action Our world […]

Publications

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – Migrant Women Forum’s Statement
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Migrant Women Forum’s Statement October 17, 2021 “Poverty. . . is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why human rights must not be ignored but given even greater prominence in times of economic crisis.” Irene Khan, 2010 Today […]
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Our Manifesto on Building Resilient Communities for Migrants and Families by Promoting Safe, Fair and Ethical Recruitment
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic rages on more than a year since it was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Because of the pandemic, more than a million Filipinos overseas have lost their jobs and returned to the country. Thousands remain stranded in various destinations awaiting flights that would […]
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International Day for Universal Access to Information – Migrant Women Forum’s Statement
Today marks the 6th anniversary of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that people have the right to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas.
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