"OVERSEAS FILIPINO

WORKERS"
What are the causes and effects of Filipino migration?
 Topic
Topic 1: Why do Filipinos migrate/
choose to work abroad?

Topic 2: What are the possible outcomes

and consequences to the FIlipino's family?
 Background

"Overseas Filipino Worker" or also known as "OFW" is a term

often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers, people with
Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited
period of employment. The number of these workers was
roughly 1.77 million between April and September
 Reason 1:
POVERTY
The main cause of Filipino migration is poverty, in order to
solve that problem and support their families they have to
work in other countries because the salary in other
countries is higher compared to the Philippines.
 Reason 2:
BETTER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Another reason why Filipinos choose to work abroad is
because of better career opportunities. Unlike in the
Philippines where there is a limited number of jobs, there
are more job openings abroad, which means that you will
likely find more vacancies and opportunities if you go
outside the Philippines.
 Reason 3:
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE & EDUCATION
Most Filipinos bring their children and family with them
to abroad because of the more advanced and better
quality of life especially in education, healthcare, and
safety.
CONSEQUENCES
& EFFECTS:
·If you have children, your child could ·If you are You’re never able
rebel because of the thought that married, your to bond with your
you were never there for them and partner could family, you could
the lack of parenting/parental easily engage in only possibly visit
guidance. extramarital them for only
affairs. once a year.
HOW DO OFWs CONTRIBUTE TO
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY?

Overseas Filipino Workers send money to their families left

home on a regular basis. These foreign remittances, like the
exports we sell to other countries to earn dollars, have provided
a consistent source of dollar earnings.
 FUN
FACTS!
 DID YOU KNOW?

Middle East countries are still the top destination among OFWs. In
particular, Saudi Arabia with more than 406,000 workers
deployed and United Arab Emirates with a little over 227,000
documented workers.
 DID YOU KNOW?

A quarter of all the world's overseas nurses come from the

Philippines, making it the largest supplier of nurses in the world.
Not only that but in the U.S. almost one third of all foreign nurses
are Filipino. It all started when the Philippines became a U.S.
colony in 1898.