Philippines playing down rights issues at UNHRC, Migrante says

An overseas Filipino worker has her temperature taken prior to checking in at the counters of the NAIA-1 departure area on May 29, 2021.

Krizjohn Rosales, file

MANILA, Philippines — Statements by the Philippine government before the UN Human Rights Council are "self praise" that play down rights issues in the country, a coalition of migrant Filipino workers said Wednesday.

Migrante International also said statements at the 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review showed that the Philippines has a labor export policy and that the country plans to continue the 50-year-old practice of sending laborers abroad, often in jobs where they are at risk and are prone to abuse.

"The countless cases and testimonies of Filipino migrant workers who have been denied the urgent assistance and protection they need [are] a more accurate measure of the government’s sincerity in advancing their rights," Migrante said in a statement on Wednesday. 

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