Disability Migration Network (DMN)
Towards disability-responsive migration
🌏✈ At the 18th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML), the Disability Migration Network (DMN) is calling for a migration system that truly includes migrant workers with disabilities and migrants with acquired disabilities.
From fair recruitment to reintegration, disability-responsiveness must be at the heart of safe migration and decent work. It’s not charity—it’s justice.
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By Karla Henson and Ma. Vhiktoria “Chavek” Siva In June 2025, the Disability Migration Network (DMN) participated in two regional events organized by the Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines) aimed at strengthening migrant workers’ rights and welfare in ASEAN. Both events were attended by representatives from ASEAN governments, the ASEAN Secretariat, international organizations such asContinue reading “DMN brings disability inclusion to ASEAN recruitment and reintegration talks”
By Ben Thatcher For too long, migration policies have ignored a crucial reality! That migrants with disabilities exist, and they matter. The global migration system is built on frameworks that rarely consider accessibility, inclusion, or the unique challenges faced by persons with disabilities throughout the migration journey. But change is on the horizon. The GlobalContinue reading “New possibilities for disability-responsive migration”
Disability Migration Network (DMN)