MANILA — Fifteen down, 15 organizations more to go, and the global conference on migration and development (GFMD) organizers remain optimistic these advocates can use the conference to lobby for greater protection for migrant workers.

“We’re aiming to come up with recommendations na mapipilitan ang gobyerno na ma-consider [to pressure the government to consider] such recommendations”, Second Global Forum on Migration and Development organizer Ildefonso Bagasao told the OFW Journalism Consortium.