Archive of Overseas Filipinos

Mga biktima ng human trafficking sa Cambodia, kinundena ang kawalan ng tulong ng gubyerno
July 20, 2025

Nagpahayag ng pagkundena ang mga biktima ng human trafficking sa Cambodia sa kawalan ng hustisya at kapabayaan ng gubyerno sa kanilang sinapit sa ginanap na media forum ng grupong Migrante International noong Hulyo 19. Kabilang sa mga nagsalita sa media forum sina Reverend Gerald ng united Methodist Church at Churches Witnessing With Migrants-Philippines at Liza […]

Call to open the Philippine consulate in Hong Kong every Saturday gains initial victory
July 19, 2025

Migrante Hong Kong welcomed the decision of Consulate General Romulo Israel Jr to open the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) on two Saturdays in the months of July and August. The PCG will open on July 26 and August 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This move offers significant help to Filipino migrants whose days […]

Panawagan para sa pagbubukas ng konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Hong Kong tuwing Sabado, may inisyal nang tagumpay
July 19, 2025

Ikinalugod ng grupong Migrante Hong Kong ang desisyon ng Consulate General na si Romulo Israel Jr na buksan ang Philippine Consulate General (PCG) ng dalawang Sabado sa buwan ng Hulyo at Agosto. Magbubukas ang PCG sa Hulyo 26 at Agosto 23, mula alas-9 hangang 12 ng tanghali. Malaking tulong ito para sa mga migranteng Pilipino […]

Migrante Netherlands condemns anti-refugee bills
July 13, 2025

Migrante Netherlands strongly condemned representatives from the Lower House for proposing the Asylum Emergency Measures Act and the Two-Systems Act filed on July 3. If enacted, these will intensify the criminal treatment of migrants and revoke refugee rights. Dubbed as “the strictest asylum policy in history,” the proposed law aims to indefinitely suspend the application […]

Mga kontra-refugee na panukalang batas, kinundena ng Migrante Netherlands
July 13, 2025

Mariing kinundena ng Migrante Netherlands ang mga panukalang batas na Asylum Emergency Measures Act at ang Two-Systems Act na hinain ng mga kinatawan mula sa mababang kapulungan noong Hulyo 3. Kung maisabatas, paiigtingin nito ang pagtratong kriminal sa mga migrante at matatanggal ang mga karapatan ang mga refugee. Tinaguriang “pinakamahigpit na patakaran sa asylum sa […]

Filipino labor leader detained by ICE walks free
July 13, 2025

Family members, fellow unionists, members of Bayan Washington, and Tanggol Migrante-Washington State warmly welcomed the release of Maximo Londorio on July 11 outside the NorthWest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. Londorio, 42 years old, is a forklift driver at Crown Cork & Seal in Olympia and is a member of the International Association of Machinists […]

Pilipinong lider manggagawa na kinulong ng ICE, nakalaya na
July 13, 2025

Masayang sinalubong ng mga kapamilya, kapwa unyonista, myembro ng Bayan Washington at Tanggol Migrante-Washington State ang paglaya ni Maximo Londorio noong Hulyo 11 sa labas ng NorthWest Detention Center sa Tacoma, Washington. Si Londonio, 42 taong gulang, ay nagtatrabaho bilang forklift driver sa Crown Cork & Seal sa Olympia at myembro ng International Association of […]

Japanese government denies refugee status to Filipino immigrant
July 12, 2025

On Juluy 9, Japan’s Tokyo High Court dismissed the application for refugee status of Filipino immigrant and current Migrante Japan spokesperson Edsel Villena. The court said Villena lacks enough evidence to prove his persecution in the Philippines and did not acknowledge him as an activist. Villena was a former union member and had organized workers […]

Pilipinong imigrante, pinagkaitan ng refugee status ng gubyerno ng Japan
July 12, 2025

Ibinasura ng Tokyo High Court ng Japan noong Hulyo 9 ang aplikasyon para sa refugee status ni Edsel Villena, Pilipinong imigrante at kasalukuyang tagapagsalita ng Migrante Japan. Ayon sa korte, walang sapat na ebidensya na nagpapatunay na si Villena ay tinutugis sa Pilipinas at hindi nito kinalala na siya ay isang aktibista. Dating myembro ng […]

Gabriela calls to protect Filipinos from persecution in the US
July 11, 2025

Gabriela expressed deep concern and condemnation of the Trump regime’s militarist and fascist persecution of immigrants in California. California has the largest population of Filipino immigrants in the US, estimated at 1,705,090. Since June, the administration has deployed the military in California as additional forces for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the pursuit, […]