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Now that the 2019-nCoV case has been confirmed in the Philippines, it is only right for the government to set clear policies to prevent the further spread of the disease. We expect government agencies to speak in a single voice to avoid misleading statements.

Now that the WHO has declared a global emergency, there should be a national policy on preventing the spread of 2019-nCoV. The Philippines must impose a temporary travel ban to and from China. It is not racist. It is a matter a national interest, safety and security. This will cover ALL travelers irrespective of nationality. However, calling for a “travel ban on Chinese” is racism. Migrante-Europe do not support such racist call.

There should be clear quarantine policy as well. It does not mean that for every province with an international airport have different policies. A clear repatriation policy for affected OFWs is also needed, in line with the quarantine policy.

Public health funding should be established and increased especially for preventing and monitoring the spread of disease.

All executive officers should speak in one voice, guided by clear policies that will ensure the safety and health of the people. The first consideration should not be tourism and economic impact but the welfare of the Filipino people. Organizations like Migrante-Europe will also assist in public awareness related to 2019-nCov.

Panawagan ng Migrante-Europe sa Pamahalaang Duterte: Agarang Magpatupad ng Komprehensibo at Malinaw na Plano Upang Tugunan ang Lubusang Paglawak ng Mapanganib na 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) sa Pilipinas!

Ang pagkumpirma ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ng ang mapanganib na 2019-nCoV ay nasa Pilipinas na ay isang hamon para sa pamahalaang Duterte na harapin ito upang higit sa lahat mapangalaagan ang kalusugan ng mamamayang Pilipino. Nararapat lamang na magsalita ng iising tinig ang pamahalaan at gumawa ng koordinadong pagkilos upang malinaw na maunawaan ng mamamayan ang nais ng pamahalaan para maharap ang banta sa kalusugan ng Novel Corona Virus.

Sa pagdeklara ng World Health Organization (WHO) na ang 2019-nCoV ay pandaigdigang banta sa kalusugan ng bawat bansa at mamamayan nito, nararapat lamang na magpatupad ang pamahalaan Duterte ng travel ban patungo at mula sa Tsina. Ang panawagan ng pansamantalang pagpigil ng anumang komersyal na byahe, himpapapawid man o karagatan, mula Tsina ay hindi pagiging racist o rasista sapagkat nakatuon ang ‘travel ban’ upang pigilan ang paglaganap ng sakit dulot ng 2019-nCoV. Ang ‘travel ban’ na ito ay sasaklaw sa anumang lahi o nasyunalidad, hindi lang mga Tsino. Naninidigan din and Migrante-Europe na hindi makatwiran na sisihin, laiitin at alimurahin ang mamamayang Tsino, at iba pa. Sila rin ay biktima din tulad ng marami. Hindi nila ginusto tulad ng bawat isa sa atin, na dapuan ng virus, magkasakit, at mamamatay.

Sa gitna ng pandaigdigang krisis na ito kailangan ang tulungan at kooperasyon ng bawat bansa upang mabilis na masugpo ang paglaganap ng epidemya.

Sa harap ng kulang at mabagal na pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa banta ng 2019-nCoV, nakikiisa ang Migrante-Europe sa mamamayang Pilipino sa panawagan sa pamahalaang Duterte para sa kongkretong aksyon para sa kagyat, mabilis at kumprehensibong mga hakbang lalo na agarang pagpapauwi at kaukulang proseso ng mga OFWs na apektado ang upang upang proteksyunan ang kalusugan ng mga mamamayan, pigilan ang paglaganap at tuluyang masugpo ang sakit.

Hamon sa pamahalaan ang mabigyan tuon ang kahalagahan ng kalusugan ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino at ang Migrante-Europe ay kaisa dito para sa pagpapalaganap ng mga impormasyon habang sama-sama nating hinaharap ang banta ng 2019-nCoV.

Reference:
Marlon Toledo Lacsamana
Secretary General
[email protected]

Mainit na pagbati at lubos na pagpupugay sa mga kababayan at mga kasama sa Migrante Europe sa inyong ika-dalawang kongreso. 
Mahalagang tagumpay ang makamit ang kasalukuyang pang-organisasyong latag at lakas ng Migrante Europe, ang patuloy na magsilbing malakas na tinig at matibay na pagkakaisa para sa interes at kagalingan migranteng Pilipino. 

Gayundin ang halaga ng mga tagumpay na nakamit ng Migrante Europe sa loob ng nakaraang 2 na taon dahil dito natin marapat na ipundar ang tapang at tibay upang lalo pang igiit ang interes at kahingian ng mga migrante at bayan, sa pamamagitan ng paglaban sa lumalalang pambubusabos at atake ng gobyernong Duterte sa mamamayang Pilipino, kapwa sa loob ng Pilipinas at maging sa milyon-milyong mga kababayan natin sa ibayong-dagat na patuloy na nakikibaka para mabuhay sa panahong napakahirap manatiling buhay sa sarili nating bayan. 

Sa gitna ng tumitinding kahirapan at pambubusabos sa mga Pilipino, patuloy na atake sa sahod at karapatan sa paggawa, lumalalang krisis sa presyo ng pagkain bunsod ng pahirap na pagbubuwis na TRAIN, tumitinding karahasan at paglabag sa mga karapatan ng kababaihan, pahirap sa mga magsasaka ng rice tarrification law, bumabangis na diktadurya at atake sa mamamayan at mga kritiko ng gobyernong Duterte, kinakailangan ang higit na pagkakaisa at paglaban. At sa paglabang iyan ng mamamayan, lagi’t laging tinatawag upang manindigan at lumaban ang mga magigiting na mga buhay na bayani ng ating bayan tayong mga Migrante, sa Pilipinas, sa Europe, at sa buong mundo. 

Sulong Migrante, lumaban, makibaka!
Mabuhay ang ika-dalawang kongreso ng Migrante Europe!
Mabuhay ang migranteng lumalaban!
Mabuhay ang pakikibaka ng Migrante at Pamilyang Pilipino!

Shiela Tebia-Bonifacio
Tagapangulo GABRIELA Hong Kong

With warm militant greetings, Migrante International sends its best wishes to all chapters and member organizations of Migrante Europe as it holds its 2nd Congress this 8th of December 2019 with the theme, “Expand and strengthen our unity! Promote and defend the rights and welfare of Filipinos and their families in Europe and abroad! Contribute and participate in the struggle for national freedom and democracy!”

This day marks an important milestone in our history since it also coincides with the exact date when Migrante Philippines and Migrante Youth were founded two years ago as a result of persistent organizing among repatriates, OFW families and would-be migrants. Our work of reaching out to more Filipino migrant workers and their families is more significant than ever in light of the mounting waves of peoples’ resistance we now see in many parts of the world. 

Before us lies an enormous mission of contributing to the national democratic struggle in the Philippines by bolstering the numbers of organized youth, women and unionized workers. There is also a pressing need to encourage more Filipino compatriots to dedicate an extensive period of time for mass work and integration in the homefront. 

With blatant corruption and neoliberal wreckage in the Philippines, Duterte’s bluster can never conceal the exacerbating blight that afflicts swelling numbers of Filipinos. According to the latest SWS survey, an estimated 10 million Filipinos found themselves jobless in the third quarter of 2019. Unemployment rate accelerated at 21.5 percent. This does not even take into account those workers who are paid starvation wages and continually stricken by contractualization. 

Meanwhile, farmers in the countryside bewail Duterte’s rice liberalization law that opened the floodgates of the country to unrestrained rice importations. It is quite clear that the Duterte regime has no intention of addressing the roots of forced migration through national industrialization and genuine agrarian reform. As a result, more and more Filipinos are driven to the far ends of the Earth in their longing to survive and bring food to the table for their loved ones. 

In their moments of distress, they are only met with government negligence as in the case of Abu Dhabi based OFW Mary Jean Alberto whose bereaved family is still deprived of justice. The Philippine government has proven time and again that it only looks at OFWs as milking cows through various state exactions and their remittances to salvage a depressed domestic economy.  

As the crisis in the Philippines escalates, the US-Duterte regime is unleashing the most hideous features of its despotic rule. Recently, combined forces of AFP and PNP stormed the offices of progressive mass organizations in Bacolod, illegally arresting 57 activists and rights workers. Conjugated with a de-facto Martial Law through Executive Order 70 which warrants a Whole-of-Nation-Approach, the US-Duterte regime has no other aim but to quell dissent and persecute progressive voices that have been resolute in raising the legitimate demands and grievances of the long-oppressed Filipino people. 

In the face of the Duterte regime’s ruthless acts of terror, we will neither shrink nor cower. We confronted the regime’s attack dogs and asserted our rights thereby leading to the release of almost all of those who were illegally arrested in Bacolod. This tells us that only by being steadfast in our actions and principles can we truly fight for the rights and welfare of those victimized by a rotten and unjust system that ceaselessly drags our country to perdition.

Duterte’s latest termination or removal of Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs just two weeks after her appointment only goes to show that the regime has everything to hide just to protect big time drug criminals like Michael Yang, Allan Lim, Peter Lim, Peter Co and Kerwin Espinosa whom the regime has attempted to absolve numerous times. 

Verily, the fake war on drugs is nothing but a brutal war being waged against the poor and with the apparent intention of annihilating Duterte’s rivals in the drug trade. We will not mince words to reiterate that Duterte is the supreme drug lord and chief benefactor of big time drug criminals in the Philippines. 

Meanwhile, Duterte’s approbation of US imperialist hegemony in our national affairs and China’s incursion into our territorial waters paves the way for more plunder of our resources and violation of our sovereign rights. The regime is out here salivating after more loans to finance its tyrannical ambitions. 

The people’s mass actions in Chile, Bolivia, Colombia and elsewhere bid us to register our strong support in their battle against Fascism and neoliberalism. Your presence as Filipino compatriots in countries far and wide is essential in bannering international solidarity for all the rest of the oppressed peoples of the world who valiantly wage the struggle against imperialism. It is also a head start in exposing the crimes of the US-Duterte regime through extensive international lobbying work in your respective host countries.    

In all our militant pursuits, it is therefore imperative that we commit ourselves to cultivating a deeper understanding of what these are all about and that is no other than to SERVE THE PEOPLE! Rouse then and gird your armour on! Let us press forward in one accord with all the toiling Filipino masses as we clear the path for a future where no family will ever be torn apart for the need to survive. Boldly advance the struggle of Filipino migrants for national democracy and social justice. 

End forced migration!
Stop labour export!
Oust the US-Duterte regime!
Long live Migrante Europe!
Long live Migrante International!
Long live the Filipino people!

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Reference:

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Joanna Concepcion,
Chairperson, Migrante International

Dear Friends,

We take great pleasure in inviting you to the Second Congress of Migrante Europe to be held on Sunday, December 8, 2019, starting at 8:00 a.m. at Parrocchia San Martino di Rebbio, Via Alfonso Lissi, 11, 22100 Como, Italy.

The congress theme: “Expand and strengthen our unity! Promote and defend the rights and welfare of Filipinos and their families in Europe and abroad! Contribute and participate in the struggle for national freedom and democracy!”

To enable us to organize the event better, please register your participation at your earliest, latest November 30, 2019:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BmAkYAeGDNveS7ZtiauSyx4Mnbi8YUWfxxMLhplI4S4/edit

If you have any questions about the congress, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected]

Your presence is important to us. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,

Revd. Fr. Herbert F. Fadriquela Jr.
Chairperson, Migrante Europe
Chaplain to the Filipino Community
Diocese of Leicester
Church of England
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Press statement
29 October 2019

Migrante-Europe express with great sadness on the death of 39 people inside a trailer truck found in Essex, the United Kingdom on Wednesday, 23 October 2019.

As authorities continue to investigate the incident and to identify the names and nationalities of the fatalities, Migrante-Europe joined the growing voices around the world to seek justice for Essex 39.

News reports that relatives of those feared to be found dead inside the trailer are able to receive text message bidding goodbye and saying “her trip to a foreign land has failed”, and that many of the victims had left their homes and community paying huge amount of money to human traffickers are indicators how people in the poor countries are desperate to take chances to change for better their life situation.

Migrante-Europe believes that migration is related to underdevelopment and poverty. Social and political injustice and economic inequality in the home country pushed many people to cross oceans and continents hoping that at the end of their journey a new hope and future will rise. The United Nations report on the number of international migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million in 2019, an increase of 51 million since 2010.

In the Philippines, there are about 6,000 Filipinos leaving the country every day. Even though Filipinos share their intellectual gifts giving a substantial contribution to the economies of both the host and their home countries many still experience degradation, exploitation, suffering, and deaths. Chapter organizations of Migrante International from various countries and regions are challenged by issues confronting many Filipinos with contract violations such as Non-payment of salary, lack of benefits; mental and physical abuse, sexual harassment, rape and murder. ###

For reference:

Revd Fr. Herbert F. Fadriquela Jr.
Chairperson, Migrante Europe
Email: [email protected]
Chaplain to the Filipino Community
Diocese of Leicester
Church of England
Mobile Number: +447456042156

Roma, Italya
June 21, 2019

Sa pangunguna ng UMANGAT-MIGRANTE Rome ay naglungsad ito ng isang kilos protesta upang ipaabot ang pakikiisa sa Global Protest Against Duterte’s Dictatorship.

Nilahukan ito ng ibat-ibang mga organisasyon ng Migrante sa Roma, Italya na mahigpit na nakikiisa para ipanawagan ang pagwawakas sa pasistang pamamahala ng Rehimeng Duterte at pagpapatigil ng walang habas na pagpaslang at panggigipit sa mga kasapi ng mga progresibong organisasyon.

Nirehistro din sa nasabing pagkilos ang mahigpit na pagkundena sa ginagawang pananakop ng bansang tsina sa mga islang nasasakupan ng ating bansa at ang pagkundena sa rehimeng duterte sa kainutilan nito sa paggigiit at pagtatanggol ng ating pambansang soberanya.

Sa pagtatapos ay nanawagan din ang mga nagprotesta ng pagsusulong at pagpapatupad ng tunay na reporma at pambansang industriyalisasyon sa ating Bansa at pagwawakas sa Labor Export Policy ng rehimen.