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

Conference Statement: 2011 Asia Regional Conference on ILO Convention 189
We are more than 140 participants representing organizations from more than 20 countries and territories, including 35 national trade unions, 5 domestic workers’ organizations and 20 civil society organizations from the International Trade Union Confederation‐Asia Pacific (ITUC‐A/P), International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN), Global Network‐Asia, and Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA). We convened the Asian Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards […]
Press Release: ILO 189 Conference in Manila, 24-26 2011
Last June 16, 2011, the member countries and delegates during the 100th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the ILO Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 on decent work for Domestic Workers. C189 provides the framework and governing rules for the recognition of domestic work as work and equal rights for all domestic workers in the world. The […]

Publications

Resource: Policy briefs on the role of missions and shelters
Migrant Forum in Asia issued new policy briefs which are useful for advancing migrants rights advocacy: The role of missions in protecting and promoting the rights of migrant workers There is an evident gap between the perceptions of embassy officials and migrant communities with respect to the role of the foreign mission. Migrant communities and […]
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Policy Brief No. 8 (2014) | The Role of Missions in Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Migrant Workers
Migrant workers in crisis in destination countries are often advised to look to their foreign missions for assistance. Of particular concern to MFA is the degree to which foreign missions of migrant countries of origin take up their responsibility to actively engage in the protection of the human and labour rights of migrant workers. Zealous […]
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International Migrants Day Statement: 18 December 2014
On 18 December 2014, Migrant Forum in Asia joins migrant communities, migrants’ rights advocates, and human rights defenders around the world in celebrating International Migrants Day. We honour migrant workers worldwide who take considerable risks crossing borders, make many personal sacrifices in pursuit of a better future, and who must fight for basic recognition of […]
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