ORGANIZATIONAL challenges, fragmented programs, and lack of data continue to hamper the reintegration services of the government, making it the “weakest link” in the country’s migration governance, according to a new study from Friedrich Naumann Foundation. The 22-page paper, entitled Post-Pandemic Reintegration Efforts for Overseas Filipino Workers written by Alvin P. Ang, Marie T. Magante,
THE Covid-19 pandemic and the passage of Republic Act (RA) 11641, or the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Act, have hastened the introduction of changes to the Philippines’s five-decade-old formula for deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Less than a year after its full operation, DMW under the leadership of its first secretary, Susan “Toots” V.
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is set to launch later this year a mobile-based monitoring system to keep track of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who may need to avail of reintegration services. In an interview with reporters last week, DMW Assistant Secretary Venecio V. Legaspi said they plan to integrate the system in