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FIRST PERSON | Solidarity with the poor, defending labor rights
(Left) Dutch lay missionary Otto De Vries with Antonio Flores, chairperson of Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura. (Photo courtesy of Defend Jobs Philippines)
Testimonial of Otto De Vries on the Order to Leave of the Bureau of Immigration based on the false allegations of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
I, Otto De Vries from the Diocese of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, came to the Philippines in May 1991 on the invitation of Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, OCD, Prelature of Infanta, to do pastoral work. The Bishop’s appeal to live out the Church of the Poor had inspired me to immerse in the everyday reality of the workers. My experiences deepened as I lived with the Filipino workers and these became the source of motivation for me.