Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/19
By: Central News Agency
Taipei — Members of several groups dedicated to migrant workers’ rights protested
(By Central News Agency)
outside the Philippines’ representative office in Taipei on Sunday to ask for help in handling labor issues but received a muted response.
During the protest, a Philippine official emerged from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, getting the protesters’ hopes up that the office would answer their appeals.
But the official simply accepted the protesters’ petition and returned to the office without making any statements.
The protest was held as the world observed International Migrants Day on Dec. 18. [FULL STORY]
