The Philippines will be joining 23 other nations in the first annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI) to be held in Europe, near Nuremberg, Germany on July 9 to 13, 2008. The forum is being sponsored by the German Marshall Fund (GMF) with support form Robert Stiftung in Germany.
The Philippines representative is Merliza M. Makinano, Vice Head of DOLE Task Force on the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), and is currently the deputy executive director of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS).
The forum intends to demonstrate the global importance of migration.Migration plays a huge role in the country. Officials said that for the first five months of 2008 alone, 516,466 documented overseas Filipino workers or OFW's have been globally-deployed to more than 190 destinations. The global dollar remittances of OFW's had reached a whopping US$5.4 billion from January to April this year. The numbers alone proves that the Philippines is active in pursuit of global immigration and produces skilled OFW's.
The forum will also cover workshops on current issues such as migration and development , asylum and refuges, migration and security, media and the public discourse on immigration and local integration policies, along with a visit to the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, and meetings with non-government organizations working on integration projects.
The forum will be participated by representatives form Philippines, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Gambia, Senegal, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with the United Nations Development Program, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Organization for Undocumented Migrant Workers.
From what I've observed, the Philippine Government is "SLOW' in making actions about immigrants who are reportedly oppressed. The Government should perform drastic measures in helping these OFW's. By this event, the Philippine Government should shift immediately to a far more "FASTER" system.
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Finally, the gov. is showing progress to help the filipino overseas workers. They should protect the ones that are helping the economy, one of em are the OFW's. . . . .
You bet, all they did is spend the people's money.
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