Although overseas migration has become routinized in Philippine society, there is a persisting
unease about it and its consequences for migrants, their families, and the nation. There is
ambivalence and tension, manifest in the different appreciation of the implications of migration,
according to different stakeholders. The recruitment industry, for example, may view the
distribution of OFWs throughout the world as reflecting the marketability of Filipino workers and
their remarkable adaptability to thrive in different environments while civil society organizations
may read the OFW saga as a national shame, revealing the country’s inability to provide decent
options to its people. Overall, popular discourses about migration are marked by celebratory and
cautionary notes where news of the achievements of members of the diaspora can be doused by
disturbing accounts of indignities against OFWs and the country as a whole. Many expectations
have been associated with international migration and equally as many concerns and questions
have been raised about its repercussions in the Philippines.
Although overseas migration has become routinized in Philippine society, there is a persistingunease about it and its consequences for migrants, their families, and the nation. There isambivalence and tension, manifest in the different appreciation of the implications of migration,according to different stakeholders. The recruitment industry, for example, may view thedistribution of OFWs throughout the world as reflecting the marketability of Filipino workers andtheir remarkable adaptability to thrive in different environments while civil society organizationsmay read the OFW saga as a national shame, revealing the country’s inability to provide decentoptions to its people. Overall, popular discourses about migration are marked by celebratory andcautionary notes where news of the achievements of members of the diaspora can be doused bydisturbing accounts of indignities against OFWs and the country as a whole. Many expectationshave been associated with international migration and equally as many concerns and questionshave been raised about its repercussions in the Philippines.
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