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.

MIGRANT FORUM IN ASIA

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Programs and Campaigns

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

Civil Society Declaration on Countering Hate Speech and Incitement to Hatred during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Led by the Kuwait Society for Human Rights, a total of 24 civil society organizations in Kuwait issue a declaration that denounces all forms of violence, hate speech, and incitement to hatred during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also call upon States and various actors to provide protection against hate speech that constitutes incitement to discrimination, […]
Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living conditions, and with little or no engagement in the work options before them. Many migrant […]

Publications

BCSM Statement on the Death of a Young Bangladeshi Female Domestic Worker in Saudi Arabia
We would like to share with you a press statement released by the Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) on the death of a young Bangladeshi female domestic worker in Saudi Arabia. The statement calls on the government to hold accountable the recruitment agency and government authorities that unlawfully sent a young girl to Saudi Arabia, […]
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Appeal 4: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied States Must Act Now to Address Wage Theft for Migrant Workers
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied States Must Act Now to Address Wage Theft for  Migrant Workers On the 1st of June 2020, a large coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions released an urgent appeal calling for a transitional justice mechanism for migrant workers stranded and repatriated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The appeal highlighted  […]
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Communique from the Working Group mobilisation on 45th Session of the PPT
Communique from the Working Group mobilisation on 45th Session of the PPT MORIA burns, again. This documented horror in the heart of Europe, has been denounced from its beginning (2015) by dozens of reports  from human rights, humanitarian and other non-governmental organisations.  Almost 20,000 (at peak last February) and at the time of the fire, […]
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