Migrant Workers Network

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Support displaced Christians on their migrant journey.

Nevi* is a 21 year old woman who is a migrant worker from Sri Lanka, currently working in a Gulf country. She operates in the country as an essentially undocumented person, excluded from the rights of a citizen. She sees no choice but to stay in the country and continue to work as her mother back home in Sri Lanka has many debts to pay off due to cancer surgery. There is no possibility of earning money in Sri Lanka at present. Legally, as a young woman alone in this country, she has no protection. Everything she owns she sends back to her family. She is vulnerable.

Migrant workers around the world are flooding into the Middle East and South East Asia. They usually originate from developing countries that are experiencing financial crisis and war. If they are semi-skilled or unskilled workers, they are left extremely vulnerable because their protections are limited.

They are exposed to hazardous working conditions, discrimination, insecure visa arrangements, systematic underpayment, and modern slavery. They are working far from their homes, often trying to support their families from a distance.

Philoi sees this gap in the immigration space and is brainstorming with migrant workers, churches, and like-minded organisations on how to provide them with practical support and community connections, including integrating them into their community and how best to serve them in the location they are in. We are networking and equipping our partners to understand their legal rights, providing fellowship, safe houses, and repatriation support when needed.

Consider supporting the Migrant Workers Network today.