POLICY PAPERS – CIFAL Philippines

Migrant Protection by Education in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Lessons and Recommendations on the Philippine Post-Arrival Orientation Service (PAOS) in Qatar

Posted on February 6, 2019October 10, 2019 by cifalph2017

Froilan T. Malit, Jr. and Dulce Amor Ledesma Introduction The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have increasingly accounted for at least 25 million foreign migrant workers (49% of the total GCC populations), with expectations to […]

Mobility of skilled labor in the ASEAN: Free or unfree?

Posted on March 12, 2018October 10, 2019 by cifalph2017

Dr. Rene E. Ofreneo University of the Philippines Abstract: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has declared repeatedly its goal of transforming the Southeast Asian region into one ASEAN economic community (AEC). A major feature of this community-hood is the “free movement of skilled labor” across the region. […]

DISCUSSION PAPER: Challenges to Implementing Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs)

Posted on February 26, 2018October 10, 2019 by cifalph2017

CIFAL PHILIPPINES DISCUSSION PAPER Challenges to Implementing Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs): Effects on Human Capital Mobility in Southeast Asia Joefe B. Santarita, Ph.D. ABSTRACT To complement regionalism, new regionalism in particular, regionalization as a process is expected to come into full circle in facilitating wider mobility of people, […]

When the wells run dry

Posted on December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 by cifalph2017

Dr. Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner CIFAL Philippines Fellow In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference. –Rachel Carlson Water is life. We know that. We also know that water […]

To flee or not to flee: Addressing climate change-driven migration

Posted on September 19, 2017October 4, 2019 by cifalph2017

POLICY PAPER Dr. Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner CIFAL Philippines Fellow To flee or not to flee This is a question that may soon confront many of us Filipinos as the impacts of climate change loom larger in our country. With the Earth warming rapidly, sea levels are rising and low-lying […]