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Filipino domestic worker wins landmark residency case in Hong Kong

Friday, 30 September 2011 16:10

30 September 2011 - Law banning migrant domestic workers from settling permanently in Hong Kong was ruled unconstitutional by Hong Kong's High Court.

Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipina domestic worker living in Hong Kong since 1986 challenged the rejection of her application for permanent residency, questioning why expatriate bankers and cooks can apply for permanent residency after living in the city for seven consecutive years. The Court of First Instance through presiding judge Johnson Lam ruled in favor of Vallejos.

Foreign Domestic Workers Reiterate Their Call To Restore 1998 Wage Of $3,860

Wednesday, 07 April 2010 21:34

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The Coalition for Migrants' Rights (CMR), a coalition of seven migrants' grassroots organizations and trade unions in Hong Kong has been campaigning hard for the promotion of labor and the human rights of migrant workers in Hong Kong and yet, the migrant workers have been continuously denied the right to enjoy a fair share of return on their labor.

Hunger Strike & the Withdrawal of the Anti Migrant Policy No. 2258/2007

Tuesday, 19 February 2008 08:00

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“The withdrawal of the SE No. 2258 is just a small victory for the Indonesian migrants domestic workers in Hong Kong, we will continue to organize, unionize and mobilize our self for bigger victory to combat other anti migrant policies such as Excessive Placement Fees by the Indonesian Government and the Two Week Rule Policy of the Hong Kong Government"

Stated by Rosemi, the Chairperson of Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU).

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