OFW advocacy group Migrante rejects the proposed department for overseas Filipinos, a priority bill under the Duterte administration, saying it is not the answer to their plight. DuterteFinalYear
of the Duterte administration. It has passed the House of Representatives and is up for plenary debates at the Senate., the migrant group does not believe it is the answer to their plight.
She said there were enough institutions meant to serve the sector, like the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
Migrante Chairperson Joanna Concepcion said the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict held seminars that"red-tagged Migrante International and other progressive organizations fighting for the rights of migrants, and are critical of the Duterte government."
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