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Newsletter FOP November 2008
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This month's FOP zeroes in on some critical dimensions, concerns and issues regarding migration. A number of high-level conferences and discussions, including the recently concluded Global Forum on Migration and Development held in Manila, show that migration has shifted from being a temporary stop-gap to a permanent component of the country's development thrust, significantly shaping the economic and sociopolitical landscape of the Philippines. Each year, over a million Filipinos leave the country for temporary work abroad, with Filipino migrants sending home at least $ 12 Billion in remittances, hard earned money that sustains families in the Philippines and 'keeps the economy afloat.' While the scale and contribution of migration is already quite established, there are gaps, consequences and related implications that still need to be fully examined and resolved. Probing the complex terrain of labor migration beyond 'maximizing the development benefits of migration', the articles here pose key questions and offer valuable commentary on important themes that are often relegated to the sidelines of key discussions. The lack of government protection and support to migrant workers, the absence of regulation and the massive gray area left to the market and private agencies, the sociopolitical implications and human rights dimension of migration, and the EU Return Directive are just some of the urgent themes that, for Focus and contributors from Kanlungan Center, Filipino Migrant Organizations in Europe, Migrant Networks in the Philippines, and the Transnational Institute, should be at the center of any debate and dialogue on migration. Articles: Perspective: Are OFWs falling through the cracks?: Between Unwieldy Regulation and the Middle-Men of Migration by Julie de los Reyes Political Round Up: In the Service of Overseas Filipino Workers Kanlungan Center Foundation Political Round Up: Did the Global Forum on Migration and Development really address migrants' issues? by Marylou Malig Socio Economic Monitor: OFW Deployment and Remittances by Aya Fabros JOINT CIVIL SOCIETY DECLARATION ON MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS Submitted to GFMD-Manila, October 2008 OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (On the EU Return Directive) Nonoi Hacbang and Filipino MIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE Where Have All Our Human Rights Gone?: EU MIgration Policy 2008: Response and Resistance by BRID BRENNAN, TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOP FORUM ON CLIMATE JUSTICE: PRELUDE TO POZNAN A Climate Justice Deal in Copenhagen? by Isagani R. Serrano, PHILIPPINE RURAL RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT, 20 NOVEMBER 2008 |
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