Migration, over the past years has become an inevitable phenomenon. This is very true, particularly with Asian countries where many are labor sending countries, and interestingly, some of which are receiving countries. Asia is also a land in which diverse forms of migration can be seen- from climate refugees, labor migrants, marriage migrants, to cite a few. Due to this, ecumenical young people and students are concerned with the thought that the kind of migration we have now is forced, if not enforced. And so, we continue to become discerning Christians by studying this particular issue.

The International Movement of Catholic Students – Asia Pacific (IMCS-AP), Kalipunan ng Kristiyanong Kabataan sa Pilipinas (KKKP) and the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) held a Youth Café under the theme of “ The stories within and Outside Borders : Migration in Asia” on May 21, 2016, at the Church of the Risen Lord in University of Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. More than 50 Young people from different groups participated the programme and speakers from Migrant Forum Asia (MFA), Migrante shared their insights and some victims who faced violence and abuses as migrant workers shared their stories, opening the practical realities to the participants. Pastor Norma Dollaga from the NCCP shared her theological insights about the issue as a theologian and an activist who have closely worked with victims of migration related issues.