SEANF Paper on Migrant Workers 104. The SEANF urges the Government to reform the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Omnibus Policies that have effectively excluded as many as a million undocumented migrant workers, and ensure that all migrant workers overseas are covered. The SEANF also urges an effective and impartial investigation into the use of OWWA funds for projects which have apparently not benefited migrant workers, and reforms in the OWWA governance structure to ensure accountability of the administrators to the migrant workers whose contributions make up the OWWA fund. 105. The SEANF urges the Government to undertake research into the issues and problems facing irregular migrant workers from the Philippines in the Southeast Asia region and work collaboratively with other ASEAN member states to seek solutions that promote the protection of migrant workers’ rights. D. Thailand The SEANF makes the following recommendations to the Government of Thailand: 106. The SEANF recommends the Government to review laws related to migration to ensure that they are in compliance with the Constitution and UN and ILO Conventions to which Thailand is a party. The Government is also recommended to expedite the process to become party to ILO Conventions 87 (Freedom of Association) and 98 (Right to Organize and Collectively Bargain). 107. The SEANF recommends the Government to respond positively to the request of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (made in 2009) to conduct a mission to the country. 108. To comply with the obligations under international human rights obligations to which Thailand is party, the SEANF recommends the Government to review the provincial declarations that excessively restrict the rights of migrant workers such as imposing broad curfews, restricting their freedom of movement by preventing them from driving cars and motorbikes, limiting their right to communication by outlawing use of mobile phones, including stringent restrictions on their right to freedoms of association and assembly. 45