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FFW Report onFFW Report on
MigrationMigration
Antonio C. Asper, Head, PSI-RPDAO-FFW and
Precy Villacorta, Chairperson, FFW Womens!et"or#
Philippines
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Part I: Extent and Profile of Filipino Migration
Stock and Flow
Growth Rate
Occupational Spread
Georaphic Spread
Profile of Migrant Workers and their
Households
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Stock and Flow of Filipino Overseas
In 2007, !7"illion Filipinos were working or living in #$%co&ntries, of w'o"
! "#1M were te$porar% o&erseas workers 'OFWs(
! )#*M were per$anentl% li&ing a+road 'e$igrants(
! ,#-M were irregular workers 'or undocu$ented(
()o&t *,000 workers leave for overseas work ever+da+! 'egreater )&lk co"prises circ&lar "igrant workers!
Source: Commission of Overseas Filipinos_IMD PB Series #1
Deployed Overseas
Contract Workers1991-2008 (Growth
Rate)
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Most Filipino Migrant -orkers aree"plo+ed in low tec'nolog+ occ&pations
Lately, there is a trend to employment of professional
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In w'at occ&pations do OF-s -ork.
Service occupations top the list, followed by production and
related workers, then by professional and technical
occupations.
Source: IMD, PB Series #2
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-'ere Fe"ale OF-s -ork
0argel% in Ser&ice as do$estic workers '-,,k( followed
+% Sales and then +% Production workers
Source: IMD, PB Series #1
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/eograp'ic Spread of Filipino Migration,2007
egion Stat&sPer"anent e"porar+ Irreg&lar otal
frica 1-3) /-33, 13.", -,",)
sia 4ast and South 21)*)/ *"*,/- 2.3/", 121-"".
sia West ",32 2,../"* 1213., 2131.*-
4urope 23"-3* ...."2 112--, -.).1-
$ericas 5 66 2-")312 ).").2 )."3") )/.),,*
Oceania 2")-2* 3"-2* ))1/, )/2,1"
Sea7+ased 2//..) 2//..)
-orld otal *,1$2,27 %,#**,$70 $00,02* ,721,20
*Source: Commission of Overseas Filipinos
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Profile ofOverseas Filipino -orkers 3OF-s4
+out a third of OFWs are single 8n 2,," a+out "/9 are heads5spouses of Households 'HH(
while )*9 are sons5daughters of HH heads
Sea7+ased$igrant workers are $ale7do$inated: land7+ased$igrant workers are fe$ale7do$inated# Migrant workers inser&icesare $ostl% wo$en: $igrant workers in productionare$ostl% $en# 6otal $igrant workers are preponderantl% land7+ased# 6he trend is towards fe$ini;ation of $igration +othte$porar% and per$anent#
Prior to $igration 119 of e$igrantswere e$plo%ed asprofessionals: 219 were une$plo%ed housewi&es
Older workers are co$prising a growing share of OFWs
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Profile of Migrant 5o&se'olds
Sur&e% =ata in 2,,/ shows Migrant Household headsleft +ehind are /39 $ales and "29 fe$ales:
4ducational attain$ent of Household heads left +ehind
are $ostl% high school or college undergraduates
Household Me$+ers left +ehind a&erage " perhousehold
>% relationship to household heads Filipino $igrant
workers are "/9 spouses or heads )*9 are sons or
daughters -9 or sons or daughters in law there$ainder are ?others@
Source: IMD, PB Series #3
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Part II: Migration and 6evelop"entin t'e P'ilippines
4cono$ic
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ontri)&tion of OF-s to t'e P'il! Econo"+
Ease &ne"plo+"ent and&nder8e"plo+"ent
In t'e last +ears ending200, t'e+ re"it anaverage of 9S#2;illion a+earto t'e P'ilippine
econo"+! P'ilippines is %t'
a"ong t'e co&ntries wit')iggest inward dollarre"ittances fro" "igrantworkers
e"ittances "ake &p $!10s and%!< in t'e >$0s
1< of all 5o&se'oldsreceive financial s&pportfro" t'eir relatives a)road
ed&ce povert+
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I"pact of Migration on Povert+
Fa"ilies wit' "igrantworkers cli") &p t'einco"e ladder ?&iterapidl+ wit'in one +earof "igrant working
( significant n&")er oft'ese co"e fro" poor'o&se'olds, especiall+w'en t'e "igrant
worker possesses'ig'er ed&cation!
Source: Ducanes and Abella !OF"s and $eir Impac onPover%&I'O
2003
2006
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6o 'eads of "igrant 'o&se'old still work.
20032006
Majority of the heads still work, a large portion (27%) of which are self-
employed while some 10% establish family-owned small businesses and
employ workers themselvesSource: IMD, PB Series #2
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5ow 6ecent is Migrant -ork. On a scale of 5ig',Medi&" and @ow, O&r Perception is!!!
6ecent -ork Indicator /lo)al @awand Practice
=ational @awand Practice
4$plo%$entMediu$ to
High5ig' in A&antit+@ow to Medi&" in
A&alit+
Respect for Funda$entalRights and Principles atWork
0ow 0ow
Social Protection 0ow 0ow
Social =ialogue Mediu$ toHigh
Mediu$ toHigh
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Part III: P'ilippine Polic+ Fra"ework onMigration for -ork
Pro+le$s in Migrant Work
Polic% Fra$ework
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RecruitmentViolations
Overcharging of fees
Misrepresentation
Contract substitutionSubmission offalsified documents
Illegal recruitment
Employment-RelatedProblems
Contract violations(delayed wages)
Pre-termination ofcontracts
Maltreatment (verbal,physical, etc) and abuse
Confiscation of passports
and travel documents
Pro)le"s Enco&ntered
Trafcking o Persons, culture-isolation andbroken amilies plague migrant work. Latel,
in!ol!ement in drug sndicates "a!e beenreported1/
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P'ilippine /overn"entPolic+ Fra"ework on Migration
Regulationlegislation '0a+or
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onstraints to Protecting Migrant -orkers
WorkersE 4ducation and Self7Organi;ation
Carrowing the =e&elop$ent Gap
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-'at "ore is needed in )ot' sendingand receiving co&ntries.
8nfor$ed andtransparent la+our
$igration ad$ission
s%ste$
Standards7+ased
approach to $igration
$anage$ent
Plan of action against
discri$ination andenopho+ia
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Part ID: 9nioniation and 9nion (ctionson Migrant -orkers
Glo+al Patterns of Bnion ction
8$pro&ing 6rade Bnion Models What FFW is =oing
What else should Bnions doA
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-'at 9nions are doing
@arge scale political actionand "o)iliation: e!g,postcard ca"paign,anti8racis" and xenop'o)ia
(dvocac+for t'e
protection of "igrantworkers
ontin&ing large scaleorganiinga"ong "igrantworkers in t'eir workplace
and co""&nities Organiing Barea8wide
works co&ncilsandiss&ing Bagric<&rale"plo+"ent vo&c'ers
Providing direct services for"igrant workers: legal,ed&cation and training,acco""odations,
=egotiating collective
)argaining agree"ents and)argaining for e?&alit+
Prod&ction of tool kitsandfacilitating access toinfor"ation via online
services
&nion to &nion agree"ents)etween sending andreceiving co&ntries
B9=I passport
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I"proving t'e rade 9nion Models
9nion to &nion arrange"ent, incl&ding /9Fs
E"plo+"ent Pro"otion and <&ral Integrationt'ro&g' skills develop"ent and lang&age
learning Instit&tional Social Protection pl&s &nion8)ased
social protection sc'e"e
egional (dvocac+: in (PE, (F(, S((
98=/O ooperation and =etworking 6ecent -ork as an Overall Fra"ework
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FF- Progra"s and (ctions onFilipino Migrant -orkers
Organi;ation of co$$unities of Migrant Households
Prosecution of Migrant workersE clai$s in adDudication
$echanis$s
0anguage 6raining 'Finishing course in 4nglish( d&ocacies for the protection of $igrant workersE rights and
pro$otion of their interest and welfare
Facilitate access to pu+lic ser&ices in training and in enroll$ent
with the Flei Fund of the SSS
Proposed Bnion to Bnion gree$ents in Managing the Flow ofMigrant Workers
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UnionSending
Country (SC)
Union
Receiving
Country (RC)
POEA
DFA
EB
ITUC/GUF
DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS
Private to Private
Government to GovernmentGovernment to Private
Private to Government
ROLE: Union (SC
Or!ani"in! #or$er% an& mem'er%i)
enro**ment
Man)o#er )oo*in!+ &ata,'a%in! an&
&o-.mentation
S$i**% trainin!+ a%%e%%ment an&
-ertii-ation
Re-r.itment+ Se*e-tion+ irin! an&
)*a-ement
Pre,&e)art.re orientation %eminarRi!t% an& intere%t% re)re%entationPo%t,)*a-ement %ervi-e%Re)atriationRe,inte!ration
ROLE: Union (RC
P*a-ementRe)re%entation
Prote-tionTrainin!+ a%%e%%ment an&
Certii-ation
Po%t,)*a-ement in,-o.ntr0%ervi-e%
Re)atriation
LA1 AND PRACTICE an& IFA%
ROLEGovernorMe&iatorAr'iter
FF1 Pro)o%a*: Union2Union
De%i!n or Mana!in! De)*o0ment
EBP3IC
O11A
SSS DOLE
Private
A!en-0(ie%
Private
A!en-0(ie%
EB
MFA
EB
EB
INTERNATIONAL
INSTRUMENTS
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSEm)*o0er1or$er
Le!en&:P3IC: Pi*i))ine 3ea*t In%.ran-e Cor)oration
O11A: Over%ea% 1or$er%4 1e*are A&mini%tration
SSS5 So-ia* Se-.rit0 Commi%%ion
DFA: De)artment o Forei!n Aair%
POEA: Pi*i))ine Over%ea% Em)*o0ment A&mini%tration
DOLE: De)artment o La'or 6 Em)*o0ment
MFA: Mini%tr0 o Forei!n Aair%
EB: E7.iva*ent Bo&0
GUF: Genera* Union Fe&eration
UN Convention% 6 Proto-o*%
ILO Convention an& Re-ommen&ation%
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T"ank ou
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