During the first half of the twentieth century, labor migration became more organized with the deployment of Filipino workers to the then American colony of Hawaii. Meanwhile, the 1970s saw the start of the government program promoting labor migration and export. Little attention, if any, is being given to the social cost of labor migration. I’ve seen firsthand both the positive and negative effects of labor migration. The success stories of many OFW families show that overcoming the challenges of labor migration may be hard but it is not impossible.

Source: Manila Times July 10, 2017 16:18 UTC