{"id":132118,"date":"2017-11-17T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132118"},"modified":"2017-11-17T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:58:10","slug":"dswd-hails-asean-pact-on-protection-of-migrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/17\/dswd-hails-asean-pact-on-protection-of-migrant-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"DSWD hails ASEAN pact on protection of migrant workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_131508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131508\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/migrant-workers-1358036_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131508\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/migrant-workers-1358036_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Migrant worker (Pixabay photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/migrant-workers-1358036_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/migrant-workers-1358036_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/migrant-workers-1358036_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Migrant worker (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday underscored the importance of the recent signing of the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers, saying it is highly beneficial to the country\u2019s overseas workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Napakahalaga ng<\/em>\u00a0consensus agreement\u00a0<em>para sa mga<\/em>\u00a0(The consensus agreement is very important to) migrant workers because for the first time, there is a clear direct recognition of the rights of our workers,&#8221; DSWD Officer in Charge, Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n<p>Citing an example, Leyco said the consensus prohibits the confiscation of passports and overcharging of recruitment fees, regulates recruiters for better protection of migrant workers, and gives them the right to legal representation and to be visited once they face a legal case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Kung ikaw ay<\/em>\u00a0migrant worker s<em>a ibang bansa at wala kang pasaporte<\/em>, helpless\u00a0<em>ka<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Ngayon, nakalagay sa dokumento na yun bawal na kumpiskahin, bawal na kuhanin ng<\/em>\u00a0employer\u00a0<em>ang pasaporte\u00a0<\/em>(<em>ng<\/em>\u00a0migrant worker).\u00a0<em>Napakahalaga na malaman yan ng ating mga<\/em>\u00a0migrant workers (If you are a migrant worker and your passport is taken from you, you would feel helpless. The consensus bans the confiscation of passports. Employers can no longer hold their worker\u2019s passport. It is vital for our migrant workers to know this),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The consensus was signed during the recent 31st ASEAN Summit,10 years after the document was adopted in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The issues on migrant workers were pushed under the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Pillar, which the DSWD chaired.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday underscored the importance of the recent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":131508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[33383,18682],"class_list":["post-132118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-asean-consensus-on-the-protection-and-promotion-of-the-rights-of-migrant-workers","tag-department-of-social-welfare-and-development-dswd","mauthors-leilani-junio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}