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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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 Statement to Colombo Process Governments
5th Colombo Process Ministerial Meeting | 24-25 August 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka We, the migrant civil society, welcome the invitation of the Sri Lankan government in this year’s Colombo Process Ministerial meeting. Looking back in 2011 and 2014, civil society also had the opportunity to be part of this process albeit with limited spaces. Thus, we […]
MFA Statement on ILO Convention 189: A New Era for Domestic Workers
On June 16th at 11:43am Geneva time, history was made at the 100th International Labour Conference, as the International Labour Organization adopted Convention 189: Decent Work for Domestic Workers with 396 voting in favour, 16 against and 63 abstentions. This is a turning point in the history of the world of work, and will change the lives of […]

Publications

Statement in Solidarity with Refugees in South Korea
Statement of support and solidarity for refugees in South Korea at the cultural event and solidarity march welcoming refugees held on 20 October 2018.
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2017 Mapping to Enhance Collective Advocacy, Action and Empowerment of Domestic Workers in Asia: Survey Results
The 2017 Mapping to Enhance Collective Advocacy, Action and Empowerment of Domestic Workers in Asia: Survey Results is now available for download. The report was prepared by MFA and IDWF.
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants’ Report on Access to Justice
Through our work and the work of our partners on the ground, we found that there are several lacunae in legal and institutional channels for how migrants may secure justice for themselves. In cases that require intervention either in the form of legal aid, translation (from Arabic to English for example) or financial, migrants across […]
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