By Soy Sophea
Cambodian government and NGO officials, December 18, marked International Migrant’s Day. The theme for this years event concerns the protection and empowerment of migrant workers, especially women.
San Arun, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, told a press conference at the ministry of Women’s Affairs that migration is a phenomenon involving global population movements and is not confined to Cambodia. She said that the Royal Government of Cambodia, working in conjunction with other governments in the region has tried to pave the way in sending workers abroad under legal and transparent agreements.
“The government’s objective is to develop policy, legislative reform and bilateral agreements in order to decrease expenditure and protect Cambodian migrant’s rights,” Arun said.
She said that since 1995 Cambodia has been considered a source of migrant workers in the region. Cambodia sends workers to Thailand (8,231), Malaysia (13,324) and the Republic of Korea (3,399). Gulf countries include Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
During International Migrants Day, the UN Secretary General said "The world's more than 200 million migrants are especially vulnerable to the financial downturn shaking the global economy. The crisis in markets has put them at greater risk of destitution, stigmatization, discrimination and abuse. Reports of layoffs and lower remittances only begin to tell the story of the human suffering that this crisis has wrought,"
His speech took into account the criminalization of irregular migrants, and the fact that this was an abuse of human rights.
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