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Mainstreaming Migration,
Development and Remittances at the
Country Level
H.E. Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan
Permanent Representative
of the Philippines to the UN
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Definition of ‘migrant’ covers permanent,
temporary (voluntary) & refugees (involuntary).
Also ‘documented’ or ‘undocumented’, as well
as, ‘internal’ or ‘international’.
For many countries, the term may be associated
with local realities – developing countries refer to
‘migrant workers’; developed countries may look
at those coming in to settle permanently.
According to the UNDP Human Development
Report 2009, there are many misconceptions
about migrants – in fact, most migration is
internal, also most international migration occurs
within countries of same level of development.
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
For the Philippines, migration primarily
refers to movement outside its borders.
Around 10% of RP population of 90 million
are abroad either on a permanent or
temporary basis, found in almost 200
countries and territories and on the high
seas.
Top 5 country in annual net out-migration
One of the top 10 migration corridors (RPUS)
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
Mainstreaming Migration
 General Framework
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Government Institutions
 Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
 Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
 Commission on Filipinos Overseas
 DFA, OUMWA, DOLE
 TESDA, Seamen training
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Legal framework
 Domestic laws
 Magna Carta for Filipino Migrant Workers
 International
 International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of all Migrant Workers & Members of
their Families
 Bilateral Agreements
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
Development and remittances
RP is in Top 10 recipients of migrant
remittances (no. 4), and in top 20 of % of
remittances to GDP. (WB 2009)
Remittances are greater than ODA and FDI.
Remittances continue to increase through
the economic & financial crisis.
Efforts are exerted to channel remittances to
domestic investments (business and real
estate) rather than to pure consumption.
Thank You