Operation: Migrants’ agenda
Vote for Migrants Rights! is a joint project of Kanlungan (alliance of Filipino organisations), Migrante UK, and CHRP-UK, that aims to highlight pertinent issues and aspirations of Filipino migrants in the UK and their families that they want to put forward this Philippine election season.
The project aims to gather issues and opinions from different Filipino migrant community organisations and individuals in the UK, in the light of producing a consolidated migrant agenda of the country. A national consultation is planned to take place on 17 April 2009 in London, where selected delegates from different migrant organisations across UK regions will gather to unite on their issues and endorse our own agenda.
Today, as the official campaign season starts, we simultaneously launch our official site so as to empower and encourage us to voice out our issues, reactions, commentaries on migrant matters and the elections. This will also serve as a space where we’ll publish various updates, news, community surveys, mock polls, etc. as events towards Election Day unfold, in order to empower us and our families back home to make an informed choice on 10 May 2010.
Though we may be oceans away from our homeland, we stand firm in registering our concerns and agenda in this significant event; we, who are dubbed “the new heroes” of the Philippines, want our long unheard voices to be heard. We are Filipino Migrants and we want change.
We are UK Pinoy Migrants and We Vote for Migrants’ Rights!
Emma Bibal
Vice-chairperson, Kanlungan
Sheila Tilan
Chairperson, Migrante UK
Rafael Joseph Maramag
Chairperson, CHRP UK
lolito sapidan, 
maribeth manco, 
King Alfonso, and 1 other are discussing. 
Bootz Estella 7:40 pm on 9 February 2010 Permalink |
Mabuhay tayong lahat mga pinoy migrante sa sanlibutan! We in Vancouver, Canada have the same sentiments to our Lupang Hinirang..we strongly are in-solidarity with all world migrant orgs to spread and campaign to vote for Migrants Rights!
King Alfonso 2:51 pm on 10 February 2010 Permalink |
I have watched what our Presidential Candidates the reason why people vote for them and it is sickening.
It is a must that the government should make laws on Migrants’ labour and legitimize their Rights as Workers. Migrants who are illegal should not be accused of crimes. We are workers, not criminals! The Philippine government should talk about the rights, welfare and protection of all Filipino migrants. Our remittances saves the economy of the Philippines and we deserve to be saved from abuse and exploitation!
maribeth manco 2:52 pm on 10 February 2010 Permalink |
Sana may pagbabago ang bansa natin. na sana matigil na ang corruption at ang patayan.At gagawin sana nila ng paraan para ang mga tao sa pilipinas ay magkaroon ng bawa’t trabaho para di na nila kailangan iwanan ang kanilang mga pamilya na mag abroad para lang may maipakain sa pmilya nila.
At higit sa lahat, sana ang mga nasa panunungkulan ay may pagkakaisa upang tayo bilang mamamayan ay mayroon din pagkakaisa.
lolito sapidan 5:02 pm on 1 May 2010 Permalink |
migrante org.hingi sana ako ng tolong sa inyo na makauwi na sa pinas d2 ako now sa jeddah sana po matolongan nyo po ako