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its case referral system regarding overseas Filipino workers in coordination with
national human rights institutions in destination countries.
Training on and dissemination of information about the Convention
21.
The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to disseminate information
and provide training to stakeholders responsible for protecting the rights of migrant workers.
The Committee is concerned that efforts to provide training on the Convention to all relevant
stakeholders, including to migrant workers themselves, remain insufficient.
22.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Evaluate, improve and expand education and training programmes on the
rights enshrined in the Convention and in related domestic legislation, with a view to
establishing them as ongoing programmes that adopt a gender perspective; such
programmes should target all public institutions for awareness-raising purposes and
should be compulsory for staff at institutions responsible for matters relating to
migration, including law enforcement and border authorities, judges, prosecutors and
local authorities;
(b)
Increase its cooperation with universities, civil society organizations and
the media to disseminate information about the Convention and encourage migrant
workers and members of their families, particularly those residing in remote areas such
as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, from where many
migrant domestic workers originate, to pursue remedies for violation of their
Convention rights.
Corruption
23.
The Committee notes with concern allegations made against government officials
relating to irregularities in recruitment processes to circumvent age criteria for certain visa
categories, including through the issuance of false birth certificates and passports.
24.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Operationalize the Migrant Workers Administrative Complaints
Committee, mandated to investigate and punish officials violating the rights of migrant
workers, ensuring that it has the mandate and the resources to investigate all cases of
corruption effectively and thoroughly, both domestically and at its foreign service posts,
and that the individuals responsible are appropriately sanctioned;
(b)
Encourage migrant workers and members of their families reporting
alleged corruption to avail themselves of protection from reprisals;
(c)
Provide, in its next periodic report, statistical information on
investigations carried out and sanctions imposed against officials accused of corruption
in the performance of their responsibilities relating to the Convention.
2.
General principles (arts. 7 and 83)
Non-discrimination
25.
The Committee regrets the absence of any inquiry into the intersection between groups
facing multiple forms of discrimination and trends in the profile of individuals migrating for
work, both those in regular and irregular situations, and in skilled and unskilled labour.
26.
The Committee recalls its previous recommendations,10 and recommends that
the State party conduct an analysis into migration trends to identify the personal and
situational characteristics of migrant workers, both those in regular and irregular
situations, and in skilled and unskilled labour, and that the State party use the findings
to revise its legislative and policy measures to ensure that all migrant workers and
members of their families within the territory or subject to its jurisdiction, regardless
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CMW/C/PHL/CO/2, paras. 11 and 23.
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