Preparing to Work Abroad: Filipino migrants' experiences prior to deployment

Preparing to Work Abroad: Filipino migrants' experiences prior to deployment 

Asis, M.B.

The widesprad contravention of the standard placement fee and the reservation cast on the efficacy of the standard employment contract are significant cracks in the legal labor migration. This problem could be addressed in various ways. Over the short term, resources could be directed at enhancing the dissemination of information, reinforcing the regulation and the monitoring of recruitment agencies, and enforcing sanctions on errant recruitment agencies. POEA could consider documentation of cases gathered by NGOs as information in aid of prelimenary investigations or spot checks of alleged errant agencies. A fundamental task is the review of the standard placement fee and the standard employment contract: what purpose do they serve and what would be more viable alternatives? In terms of migrant education, more community-based approaches should be explored, particularly the strengthening of links with local governments, in order to reach potential migrants.

Asis, M. M. (2005). Preparing to Work Abroad: Filipino migrants' experiences prior to deployment. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.