The Catholic Church’s migrants commission on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of Susan “Toots” Ople, the secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers. “We lost a hero,” said Bishop Ruperto Santos, vice chairman of the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People of the Catholic…
‘MIGRANT workers’ rights are human rights. Diminishing these rights, diminishes us all.” Thus said Susan “Toots” Ople during the meeting of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers last March 2023. This was her first and unfortunately became the last address before a UN body composed of experts on migrant…