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

PRESS RELEASE
OUR RESPONSES TO THE STATEMENTS MADE IN PARLIAMENTBY THE SINGAPORE ACTING MINISTER OF MANPOWER, MR. GAN KIM YONG.“Mandatory Rest day for Foreign Domestic Workers” Click here to view full transcript.
CEDAW approves General Recommendation on women migrant workers

The UN Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee, affirming that migrant women, like all women, should not be discriminated against in any sphere of their life, decided at its 32nd Session in January 2005 to issue a General Recommendation on some categories of women migrant workers who may be at risk of abuse and discrimination.

Publications

Statement of MRI in Response to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Geneva, Switzerland -- Migrants Rights International (MRI) delivered its statement (see below) in response to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on 22 June 2012 at the 11th Plenary Meeting - 20th Session of the Human Rights Council. Watch the video from the United Nations Webcast here Freedom is the Rule. […]
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MFA Annual Report 2011
We are pleased to share the MFA's 2011 Annual Report. This publication from the Secretariat reflects the network's national, regional and international programs and activities in 2011, providing insights to the diversity and solidarity of the migrants rights movement the past year. It signals MFA's leading role in the Asian region in seeking for social justice […]
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Compilation of Reports on the Detention of Undocumented Migrants
The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Francois Crépeau, will dedicate his first thematic report to the Human Rights Council to the issue of detention of migrants in an irregular situation. The report will be presented at the 20th session of the Council, scheduled for June 2012. Migrant Forum in Asia is contributing to the report […]
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