'KAMI-SR 16'
The long way home

Its 61 days after the hunger strike of stranded 'Filipinos' in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was terminated but still, the Philippine government representatives cannot send home even one of them.

The Hunger Strike in Riyadh  

The Kapatiran ng mga Migranteng Istranded sa Riyadh (KAMI-SR, the Brotherhood or Organization of Filipino Migrants Stranded in Riyadh) was organized in the year 2000 as a self-help community that would address the 'stranded' OFWs own concerns, like food, shelter and finding alternative jobs.

Organizationally, KAMI-SR replaced the Migrant Workers Stranded in Riyadh (MWSR) that spearheaded the sit-in strike inside the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in 1998 that resulted the way for mass repatriation under the then Ambassador Romulo Espaldon.

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Hindi madali ang sumuong sa buhay ng mga tulad naming ‘istranded’

Ang sumuong sa kawalang katiyakan;

Ang magpagala-gala sa loob ng isang dayuhang bansa nang walang makain, walang trabaho, walang matitirhan;

Ang magtago sa mga awtoridad ng dayuhang bansa;

Ang mawalan ng pag-asang makitang muli ang mga mahal sa buhay;

ngunit wala kaming mapagpipilian…

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