ASEAN to better protection rights of migrant workers

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) have agreed to improve protection rights of migrant workers.

“I am pleased to announce that ASEAN member-states have come to an agreement on the ASEAN consensus on the protection and promotion of rights of migrant workers”, Duterte said, adding that leaders will be formally signing the agreement tomorrow, Tuesday.

According to Duterte, the agreement aims to “strengthen social protection, access to justice, humane and fair treatment, and access to health services for the people.” This would also include a concrete set of guidelines on how to treat migrant workers from fellow member-states.

DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 11/ 13 /17