Fighting for rights of migrant workers

SANCHA MAGAT has helped hundreds of exploited migrant workers since she came to Ireland from the Philippines 18 months ago.

She is a lay member of the Columban Missionaries and currently attached to the order’s Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland (MRCI) in Dublin.

But she is rarely to be found at her desk. Most days Sancha walks the city streets in a bid to make contact with migrant workers working excessive hours in dreadful conditions, who are too afraid to seek help.