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[SUMMARY ARTICLE] IMA EC Meeting - 16 February 2025
On February 16, 2025, at 8:30 AM Manila time, members of the Executive Committee (Eni Lestari, Antonio Arizaga, Manuel Hidalgo, and Terry Valen) gathered and discussed:
The concept draft and proposals for the venue of the 6th Global Assembly (GA) of IMA;
The current situation in the US, regarding the new regulations passed by the Trump administration;
the impact of these regulations on the migrant communities in the US, and what actions IMA USA would take in response to the arising issues, and;
The upcoming ICB meeting.
![[STATEMENT] Stop the Attacks on Immigrants in the United States!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63481bd780b3087de1bec27a/1738574303164-BSIWR51SKBG28JJ97DH2/1.png)
[STATEMENT] Stop the Attacks on Immigrants in the United States!
The International Migrants Alliance strongly condemns US President Donald Trump’s fascist crackdown on immigrants in the United States of America (US).
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[STATEMENT] IMA Canada Statement on Amazon's Decision to Shut Down Quebec Plants
We unequivocally condemn Amazon's recent decision to close its Quebec plants, a move that is a direct attack on the rights of workers to organize and unionize. The closure of all plants in Quebec not only jeopardizes the livelihoods of countless employees but also sends a chilling message to workers everywhere: that standing together for fair treatment and better working conditions can lead to retaliation by Amazon bosses.
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[STATEMENT] JUSTICE FOR SEAFARERS
The International Migrants Alliance strongly condemns the abandonment of 15 Filipino seafarers onboard a vessel owned by the Imperial Shipping Agency - Sierra Leone.
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[STATEMENT] IMA Statement on Israel's Violation of the Ceasefire Agreement in Palestine
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) condemns in the strongest terms US-backed Zionist Israel’s violation of the ceasefire agreement and its continuing genocide of the Palestinian people.
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[STATEMENT] International Migrants Alliance (IMA) Europe: Unite for Justice—Stop War, Fund People
The wars that the different imperialisms are carrying out in the world for a new geopolitical redistribution are forcing millions of people to flee.
Europe has maintained a position of total servility towards the USA. On the other hand, the migratory policies in Europe, with the rise of the right wing in many European countries, have provoked an intensification of anti-immigrant policies.
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[ARTICLE] SEAFARERS: Defend Our Livelihood, Assert Our Rights!
As part of IMA’s “9 Days of Migrant and Refugee Activism” between 10-18 December 2024, the IMA-USA Chapter along with co-organisers from the International Seafarers Action Center (ISAC), Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers (PCCS), Concerned Seafarers of the Philippines (CSP) and Migrante International held a global online forum on the, “Current challenges for seafarers and fishers in a world in conflict”—with the theme, ‘SEAFARERS: Defend Our Livelihood, Assert Our Rights!’.
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[STATEMENT] The Ongoing Cheap Labor and Modern-day Slavery through Labor Export/Import Program
In August 2024, 100 women from the Philippines arrived in South Korea. They participated in a caregiver program held for the first time by the South Korean and Philippine governments, aimed at providing "assistance" to mothers or expectant mothers. The Korean government believes that this program will be able to address the problem of the sharply declining birth rate in their country. With a promised salary of up to USD 1,750 per month and a working time of 30 hours a week, these young women left their families in the Philippines.
Communiqué of the IMA Solidarity Conference on War, Militarism and Displacement
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA), together with Sekretariat Solidariti Palestin (SSP) and TENAGANITA, successfully held the Solidarity Conference on War, Militarism and Displacement, to commemorate the first anniversary of the attack on Gaza by the Zionist Israeli Forces. This conference was organised to strengthen unity and solidarity against imperialist war, exploitation and plunder. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 26 and 27, 2024.
Unity Statement of the International Solidarity Conference on War, Militarism and Displacement
Peace is not merely the temporary absence of war. The wars and conflicts that beset our world require us to look at and study the root causes of war so as to identify a genuine path away from the catastrophic state the world is in.