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For more than three decades, the Philippines has witnessed the migration of » Issues
hundreds of thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to take up work
in other countries. While there are economic benefits from overseas
employment, there are attendant social costs such as the abuse,
maltreatment, and discrimination of Filipino migrant workers and the Stay Connected
psychosocial impacts of the separation of family members. As a policy,
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An Aquino Government will uphold the State’s Policy of not pursuing
overseas employment as a development strategy and establish concrete
policies and steps towards more sustainable alternatives
Prioritize the protection of overseas Filipino workers and their families

Implement policies to establish a higher standard of protection and

promote the empowerment of migrants and their families.
Review the continued deployment of workers to countries which are
high- and medium-risk areas, as well the continued deployment of
workers in high-risk occupations

Improve and enhance government’s services and resources for OFWs

and their families

Create an efficient “one-stop shop” for processing applications for

overseas work and seeking redress for grievances in order to
streamline the bureaucracy, cut down on complicated and
unnecessary procedures, and reduce avenues for corruption.
Audit the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to rationalize the
management of its funds, in terms of the benefits provided as well as
how the funds are invested.
Transform Philippine embassies, consular offices and Philippine
Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) into centers of care and service for
overseas workers by assigning more foreign service officers to posts
where there are many OFWs and train them in the needs of the
communities they serve.
Invest in training and upgrading the skills of our overseas workers.
TESDA will formally and regularly be involved in training OFWs and
we will hire returning OFWs to conduct training so that they may
transfer skills learned abroad.
Pursue and prosecute those engaging in illegal and predatory
activities, including fixers, scammers and especially traffickers that
target women and children. We will fully implement the
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.
Assist OFWs in achieving financial stability that also contributes to
 the Philippines’ development through training, investment and
savings programs.
Address the social costs of migration by working closely with
communities and families of OFWs to provide effective social welfare
services such as counseling and pre-departure orientation seminars
Improve the seafarers’ upgrading program, credit/loaning program,
self-insurance coverage program, which includes life insurance,
burial benefit and disability and dismemberment benefits, and
reintegration program.
Complete a global trading master plan that aims to establish
worldwide trading posts that rely on the labor, knowledge and
entrepreneurial spirit of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

Engage the participation of the migrant sector and civil society in

governance

Involve civil society and migrants themselves in developing,

implementing and reviewing policies and programs related to the
migrant sector
Support the creation or strengthening of community-based support
groups for families of OFWs

Strengthen re-integration programs for returning migrants

Facilitate the re-integration of returning OFWs by favorable terms of

investment, tax incentives, access to government financial
institutions and other benefits that are offered to foreign investors.

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