Since the day I have chosen my advocacy to be of assistance to fellow Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) here in Kuwait, I have been receiving quite a serious number of marital problems from fellow OFWs, seeking solution and needing understanding.
Many Filipinos are leaving the Philippines as immigrant Visa holders and there are requirements they need to fulfill before leaving the country.
Filipino Australians comprise the fifth-largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos. According to recent statistics, they number approximately 390,000 and more.
With almost 680,000 Filipinos in Malaysia, the host country makes it the fifth largest number in Filipino overseas migration.
Canada serves as the fourth host country for Filipino Overseas Migration. First recorded Filipinos in Canada was in 1930 but there were no clear documents what profession they held.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is home to more than 700,000 Filipinos scattered in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. Filipinos in the UAE are mostly Overseas Filipino Workers that are employed in a wide spectrum of profession; engineering, architecture ,cargo shipping, construction, energy, information technology, marketing, medical, real estate, retail, telecommunications, household service work…
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has presently the largest number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and the largest Filipino community in the Middle East. Filipinos comprise the fourth largest group of expatriates, approximately 1.8 million scattered to the different parts of the kingdom. They are also the second largest income earners for remittances to the…
Between the 16th to 18th centuries, Filipino sailors who abandoned Spanish ships routing the Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade first settled in Louisiana and made a living by fishing. The exodus of Filipinos to the United States came after the American Colonization of the Philippines in the 1900ās.
The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch or PMRW is a registered civil society network established in 1995 to encourage the recognition, protection and fulfillment of Filipino migrantsā rights – both in the Philippines and overseas during the entire migration process.
