This paper delves into the issues, challenges and concerns of human
trafficking of migrant workers in the country and at the same time evaluates the policy
mechanisms of the Philippines in responding to human trafficking in migrant workers.
The era of globalization has tremendously increased the growth of
international labor migration which gives rise to the deployment of more migrant
workers to developed countries that has placed humankind, especially the migrant
workers under serious threats to human trafficking resulting to violation of human
rights.