MFA recognizes that migration is a cross-sectoral issue which links up with various groups at the regional and international levels working on issues of education, environment, gender, human rights, labour, trade and development.
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Asia-South Pacific Bureau on Adult Education (ASPBAE) – MFA is a member of ASPBAE and sits in the Positive Learning Working Group on HIV/AIDS of ASPBAE. The main goal of the PWLG is to capacitate ASPBAE member organization in terms of conducting adult education on HIV/AIDS.
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Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) – MFA, in partnership with DTP - an independent, non-governmental organization providing human rights education, annually holds a training program on Migrant Workers Convention and ILO Conventions which is being participated in by civil society advocates coming from Asia and the Pacific region. Previous training programs were held in Indonesia (2004), Bangladesh (2005) and Malaysia (2006).
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Jubilee South-Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JS-APMDD) – MFA, as a member of JS-APMDD, recognizes that the intensifying neoliberal globalization agenda has varying effects on labour migration. MFA continued to strengthen its links with other organizations to further its critical analysis of migration vis-av-vis trade and development.
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Migrants Rights International (MRI) – MFA is the regional partner of MRI for ratification campaign and monitoring migrants’ rights violation in Asia. MFA sits in the Steering Committee of MRI, a non-governmental organization and federation of migrants and migrants rights organizations, trade unions, faith-based groups within the various global regions promoting the human rights of migrants. MFA, together with MRI, organized a Global Community Dialogue on Migration and Development in September 2006 in New York, USA, parallel to the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development.
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Southeast Asia Committee on Advocacy (SEACA) – MFA Regional Coordinator William Gois sits in the SEACA Board of Directors. MFA, as a member of SEACA, continues to actively participate in the various activities and programs of SEACA.
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Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy (SAPA) – MFA sits in the Regional Steering Committee of SAPA, an open platform for consultation, cooperation and coordination between Asian social movements and civil society organizations including NGOs, people organizations and trade unions who are engaged in action, advocacy and lobbying at the level of intergovernmental processes and organizations. Within SAPA are different working groups dealing with thematic issues – ASEAN, UN Human Rights Mechanisms and Migration and Labour. MFA actively participates in all the working groups and is the convener of the WG on migration and labour.
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Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers – MFA sits in the task force on ASEAN migrant workers, which aims to facilitate the drafting of a multilateral framework on the rights of migrant workers in the ASEAN region. The ASEAN Vientiane Action Programme to promote human rights specifically mentions the need to elaborate an ASEAN instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers.
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Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA) – MFA sits in the Organizing Committee (OC) of TIGRA, a project that promotes financial justice through the economic power of immigrants. The OC is responsible for providing guidance to the corporate campaign on Western Union (which commands a lion share of immigrant remittances through its 300,000 agents worldwide) and the development of a community reinvestment fund as well as formulating the strategy for the development of the Global Association of Community Sustainers (La Liga de Sostenedores de la Comunidad Mundial).
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MFA sits in the UN Regional Task Force on Mobility and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Reduction. The task force, composed of UN agencies and government organizations, has recognized the need to include civil society organizations who works mainly on the ground. MFA has been identified by the UNRTF as one of the leading civil society networks that has expertise in dealing with issues on migration and health.
