Buhay migranteng mangingisda: A Rappler documentary

Filipino migrant fishers are exploited at sea and return home empty-handed

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos migrant fishers aboard foreign vessels, in search of better income and opportunities, are all too often exploited.

They are beset by isolation and poor living conditions, prone to sickness and abuse. Once they return home after a year or so, many of them report not getting their salaries and benefits spelled out in their contracts.

In this documentary, Rappler follows John Mar Regala, once a migrant fisher who is currently waiting to get his unpaid wages a year after he returned to land. Some make do with settlements while others, like Regala and Nante Maglangit, file cases. – Rappler.com

Narrator, writer, reporter, producer: Iya Gozum
Videographers: Franz Lopez, Errol Almario
Video editor: Emerald Hidalgo
Animator: David Castuciano
Graphic artists: Guia Abogado, Raffy de Guzman, Alejandro Edoria, Marian Hukom
Producer: Jaira Roxas
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso

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