Advocacy groups have lashed out at the Philippine Bureau of Immigration after it blacklisted a former Filipino domestic worker who has won awards and recognition for supporting migrant workers.
Caridad “Caring” Bachiller, who had worked as a secondary-school teacher in Bangued, Abra province, went to Hong Kong as a domestic worker in 1989. She then went to work in Saudi Arabia in 2008 before retiring and returning home in 2014, Bulatlat reported.
During the years when she worked overseas, she helped many fellow migrant workers and became an advocate for their rights. She set up the Abra Tinguian Ilocano Society-Hong Kong (ATIS-HK) in 1992, which is a federation of 16 municipal organizations and three special concern groups.
Migrante International, an alliance of organizations composed of overseas Filipinos, praised Bachiller for her role in the campaign for migrants’ rights and strengthening migrant-worker organizations for almost 20 years.
However, the Bureau of Immigration added Bachiller to its watchlist of foreign nationals who are not allowed to enter the Philippines, claiming her country of origin was China. ATIS-HK released a statement saying that Bachiller should not be put on the blacklist and that she has done nothing wrong but has helped support the welfare of Filipino migrant workers.
“We urge the Bureau of Immigration to remove our Mommy Caring from its list, together will all human-rights defenders. We demand that the BI explain why and how it issued this outrageously tyrannical list,” ATIS-HK said.
well minsan somosobra nmn kasi pgka activist nila hindi nmn ksi lhat ng pinaglalaban nila ay tama. just saying
Anong sabi mo? Kung wla kang alm s blacklist mg research k ikaw may ginagawa k b s kapwa mo OFws? Mkqpgsalita k kla mo nmn Kung may alm k Kung sino mga dpt tao I blacklist sbihin mo s poon mo I black list nya ang mga druglord n kabaro nya n chinese
Bakit ang place of origin is China?
Ayan, burn ka tuloy. Makapag comment kasi ay WAGAS. ????????????
walang problema sa pagiging activist as long as tama ang pinaglalaban nila meron dn nman ksing mga activist na harap harapan nang mali ang pinaglalaban nila go pa rin sila…minsan kailangan dn nman natin sumunod kung ano ang batas na pinapatupad ng bansang pinagtatrabahuhan natin o ang sarili nating bansa..hindi ka nman basta bsta iblack list kung wala kang ginawang hindi naayon sa kanilang batas.
sariling opinyon ko yan kya mag comment ka rin ng gusto mo icomment as long as dnt ask me as if i mentioned u…unless u r one of that activist na sumusobra kya ka natamaan sa comment ko.
Rjoy G. Villa tama po kau
Masakit talaga tanggapin ang katotohanan my dear. Kaya ganyan sila maka-depensa. Hindi naman siguro siraulo ang BI na basta-basta nalang sya ilalagay sa blacklist. Dami kasi mga spoiled brat
well may point ka nman jan kabayan rjoy villa..ilagay sa lugar kung anong dapat ipaglaban. dayuhan tayo dito kung karapatan mo ipaglaban mo.kailanga marunong tayong sumunod s kanilang batas bansa nla ito hindi atin
Bakit Ang country of origin nya at china?.malaking tanong din yun.kinakahiya nya Ang bansang kanyang Pinag Mulan o may malaking dahilan Kong bakit di nya ganagamit Ang Pilipinas bilang country of origin nya sa npakatagal n panahon n NASA ibang bansa sya..
bka residente na sya ng hk..at nag change na sya ng citizenship…
Paano nangyari na china ang country of origin nya? Eh maliwanag nmn na pinoy sya.
Ivyre Kei Baldonado that makes her foreigner then .. a
Si auntie caring ko ay hindi aktibista. Maraming natulungan at walang hinangad kudi kapakanan natin dito
May point ka ms Rjoy G. Villa..
Di naman Siguro talaga madamay kung lahat nang ipinaglalaban ay tama.. maaring may nilabag syang batas na way too much sa Batas Ng hk st pinas kaya blacklisted..
regarding the origin, Bakit China??? She gave up ph citizenship? Unless PR na sya, pero kahit or Bakit sya ban on entering ph? There is something she has done against both ph and hk law.. HINDI YAN SIMPLENG ISSUE LANG kaya umabot Ng ganyan..
I am from abra myself, I have heard a lot about issues abt this atis org in hk, kaya mga Kamag anak ko kumalas dyan dahil hindi rin sila agree sa mga patakaran Ng organisation na Naiset up Ng leaders dyan..
kaya I know the stories behind that..
magreact-Ang mag react sa post ko Who cares ????????????
Her homeland is here let her return. A Tiguian-Ilocano? Her bloodline is a native of Abra.
The problem with Migrante is they are using and deceiving the OFWs. Helping the OFWs regaring their rights and welfare is just a front of Migrante, but in reality, Migrante is part of the Communist Party of the Phillippines.
I don’t know if this guess of mine is right. She worked in Hongkong right? And then she proceeded to work in Saudi. When u enter another country , u are obliged to state your country of origin. Since she came from Hongkong, she wrote China. That’s my guess , and it’s not farfetched