- That day, 10,000 migrants worldwide refused to send home remittances as a protest vs. GFMD
- Former political prisoner Axel Pinpin recites a poem for Filipino migrants
- Mexican migrant worker Elvira Arellano, deported by the US government on suspicion of being a terrorist
- Eni Lestari, chairperson, International Migrants Alliance
On October 29, the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees, in Manila for an alternative gathering to the Philippine-government sponsored Global Forum on Migration and Development, held a protest action to denounce forced migration and to call for the creation of jobs at home. That day, 10,000 migrant members of the International Migrants Alliance Also refused to send remittances as a symbolic protest against the systematic exploitation of migrants by governments and big businesses. The migrants also held a Speak Out at the Bonifacio Shrine later in the afternoon to share their stories of life and struggle.

























































































































