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10 years in the making, ASEAN to sign consensus on migrants’ rights in summit

By Arianne Christian Tapao | Nov 11, 2017 2:13 PM

A key feature of the document is to afford mechanisms for ASEAN migrants such as labor contracts and legal representation.

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ASEAN can’t leave unskilled migrants out of integration – report

By Johanna Son | Oct 11, 2017 6:49 PM

ASEAN is missing out on achieving real economic integration if it does not recognize and allow more labor mobility – including for unskilled ones that make up the most of its migrants.

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Reintegration: The forgotten side of migration in ASEAN

May 02, 2016 11:45 AM

By TESS BACALLA MARILYN Sakiwat, 55, looked forward to coming home to the Philippines for good after years of working overseas, making up for lost time with her now grown-up children, and becoming a productive member of her community. This, after 26 years of toiling away in Hong Kong, hundreds of miles away from her simple […]

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10 years in the making, ASEAN to sign consensus on migrants’ rights in summit

​ASEAN can’t leave unskilled migrants out of integration – report

Reintegration: The forgotten side of migration in ASEAN

ASEAN can’t leave unskilled migrants out of integration – report