The labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) said the Philippine government and not the Chinese migrant workers should be blamed for the lack of regular jobs in the country. ADVERTISEMENTCrackdown pressedHe said Sen. Joel Villanueva should be criticized for fanning the flames of hatred against the Chinese workers and its people. Villanueva earlier pressed for a crackdown on illegal Chinese workers as he claimed that they were competing with Filipino workers in the domestic labor market. Of the total, 51,000 permits were issued to Chinese nationals, with some 2,000 related to jobs in construction in the past three years. 9.8M Filipinos unemployedADVERTISEMENT“It is evident that the seething anger to Chinese migrant workers, as evident in various comments in social media, is rooted in the desperation of our countrymen for the lack of decent jobs in the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 02, 2018 21:33 UTC