Filipino MigrantsMigrant WorkersCanada is one of the preferred countries of destination for Filipinos aiming to work and live abroad. But life for migrant workers and overseas Filipinos is not all that rosy in the "Land of the Free," a motto coined and patented by Canada. Bulatlat interviewed ...
Filipino Overseas Domestic Workers: Contradictions, Resistance, and Implications for ChangeToday close to half of the world's migrants are women and their numbers are rising (Morrison et al., 2007). Indeed 'women are on the move as never before in history' (Ehrenreich & Hochschild, 2002,......
MANILA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Central Bank of the Philippines said on Thursday the personal remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) reached a new record high of 2.9 billion U.S. dollars in March this year. That amount is an 11.8 percent year-on-year increase, bringing the tot...
8042 of 1995, Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United ...
Who are we? The Center for Migrant Advocacy – Philippines is an advocacy group that promotes the rights of overseas Filipinos, land or sea-based migrant workers, Filipino immigrants and their families. The center helps to improve the economic, social an
作者: Moshe Semyonov and Anastasia Gorodzeisky 摘要: This study examines employment and occupational shifts experienced by Filipino overseas contract workers in the transition from country of origin to country of destination and examines the impact of labor migration on economic conditions and standard ...
In the Philippines, working abroad conveys a certain status; Filipinos account for more than a quarter of the globe’s seafarers. So the migrants in Kilkeel tended not to publicise the downsides of their life in the UK. On Facebook, they didn’t post photos of the cabins they shared with...
How to Transfer Money to Overseas Bank Account TheUSD to PHPremittance corridor is a competitive marketplace for top money transfer companies. Online money transfer services provide cost-effective and efficient money transfer services for the millions of migrants wishing to send money back home in th...
Gender dimensions of the 'national script' on migration and remittances in the Philippines Motivated by the ever-growing revenue of remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the government of the Philippines praises economic migrants as the bagong bayani (the "new heroes of the nation") ...
The programs include training migrants in savings and investment, business planning and entrepreneurship, with the immediate aim of helping them to achieve some steady income as an alternative to continued working overseas, and the longer-term objective of channelling migrant savings into national ...