28/07/2020
CHR | A call for an urgent justice mechanism for our OFWs
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A call for an urgent justice mechanism for our OFWs
“We are in solidarity with the appeal of the Migrant Forum in Asia, together with other migrants’ rights
movements, on the urgency of ensuring a justice mechanism for repatriated Filipino migrant workers,” says
Commissioner Gwendolyn Ll. Pimentel-Gana, the Commission on Human Rights’ focal commissioner on
migrants’ rights.
Following the release of our statement calling for a more structured and human rights-based system on the
repatriation of OFWs, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) would like to draw attention to the fact that the
lack of support from the sending and receiving countries has led to an increase in the number of cases on
wage theft. Thus, we urge the government to take the necessary steps to address the concerns faced by
repatriated OFWs, particularly improper compensation, non-payment of wages, and job loss.
In support of the attached statement from the Migrant Forum in Asia, and for the government to be able to
effectively address the aforementioned concerns, we highly recommend the establishment of an urgent justice
mechanism for OFWs.
In particular, CHR would like to highlight the following recommendations:
English
https://chr.gov.ph/a-call-for-an-urgent-justice-mechanism-for-our-ofws/
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