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

Statement: International Human Rights Day

Migrant Forum in Asia, Statement on International Human Rights Day

December 10, 2011

Today marks International Human Rights Day – a day observed each year to commemorate the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This landmark document was the first global enunciation of the rights of all human beings, enshrining the principles of equality and non-discrimination in the realization of these rights, which are to be extended to all regardless of nationality, religion, ethnicity, gender, or legal status. We dedicate this day to those who have lost their lives crossing borders in their attempts to realize the rights to which we are all entitled as human beings.

On this important day, we are called to reflect on how far the international community has come since 1948, and to speak out in solidarity with those who remain unable to see their fundamental rights realized due to political, social, and economic instability and oppression, and due to policies based on xenophobia, intolerance, and discrimination. We dedicate this day to those who have lost their lives crossing borders in their attempts to realize the rights to which we are all entitled as human beings.

Statement of the 2011 Civil Society Days
29-30 November 2011 Geneva, Switzerland Presented on 1 December 2011 to the Opening Plenary of States, Civil Society and Observers, Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 by William Gois, Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2011 GFMD. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, fellow migrants and colleagues, Human mobility is happening, is unstoppable, and […]

Publications

Policy Briefs of the Open Working Group on Labour Migration and Recruitment
The following policy briefs were complied based on inputs from members of the Open Working Group on Labour Migration and Recruitment through a series of online discussions, conferences, and interviews. With members from civil society organizations across the world, the Open Working Group is committed to knowledge sharing and collective advocacy to reform migrant labour […]
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Resource: Policy briefs on bilateral agreements; joint and several liability
MFA published two new policy briefs covering the following issues: Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. In recent years, a number of Asian governments have forged bilateral agreements (BLAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to govern labour migration. These […]
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MFA 2015 May Day Statement: The Right to Work and the Right to Mobility: Respect the rights of all workers everywhere
Every year on May 1st, workers around the world celebrate the history of the labour movement and mobilize around the world to call on states to fulfill their obligations to protect and promote the labour and human rights of all workers. On this day of global solidarity, Migrant Forum in Asia joins with trade unions, […]
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