The Philippines
Full Name: The Republic of the Philippines
Date of Independence: June 12th, 1898 (from Spanish colonisation)
Capital: Manila
Population: 110.6 million (2021)
Foreign-Born Population: 177,368 (2010)
Government Structure: Democratic Republic
Leader: Rodrigo Duterte
Primary Flow of Immigration:
Primarily a country of emigration, with the most popular reason being for work
Philippines attracts many foreigners, especially for tourism
A majority of the Philippines’s international migrants are of either Chinese or Indian origin
Major Destinations of Emigrants (2017):
United States of America (35%)
Canada (27.3%)
Japan (4.13%)
Primary “Push” Factors:
Working overseas
Today, over 10 million Filipinos work abroad
Primary destination regions are the Middle East, East Asia, and Southeast Asia
Females typically outweigh men, with many being hired as domestic workers (38%)
Demand for post-education jobs
The amount of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) works exceeds the local demand
Workers emigrate to other countries that have a higher demand for those skilled in these advanced fields
Impact: A ‘brain drain’ in the Philippines, in which the country is deprived of human capital critical for state development
Further Reading:
Foreign Citizens | Philippine Statistics Authority. (n.d.). Retrieved 19 April 2021, from /tags/foreign-citizens
OECD. (2017). The Philippines’ migration landscape. 41–65. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264272286-6-en
Asis, M. M. B. (2017, July 11). The Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly) Return. Migrationpolicy.Org. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-beyond-labor-migration-toward-development-and-possibly-return
Asis, M. M. B. A. M. M. B. (2006, January 1). The Philippines’ Culture of Migration. Migrationpolicy.Org. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-culture-migration
—Lauren Mai
Sources:
Asis, M. M. B. (2017, July 11). The Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly) Return. Migrationpolicy.Org. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-beyond-labor-migration-toward-development-and-possibly-return
Asis, M. M. B. A. M. M. B. (2006, January 1). The Philippines’ Culture of Migration. Migrationpolicy.Org. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-culture-migration
Foreign Citizens | Philippine Statistics Authority. (n.d.). Retrieved 19 April 2021, from /tags/foreign-citizens
OECD. (2017). The Philippines’ migration landscape. 41–65. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264272286-6-en
Philippines | History, Map, Flag, Population, Capital, & Facts. (n.d.). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 April 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines
Philippines: Countries with the highest number of Filipino emigrants. (n.d.). Statista. Retrieved 19 April 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033910/countries-with-the-highest-number-of-filipino-emigrants/
Philippines Population (2021)—Worldometer. (n.d.). Retrieved 19 April 2021, from https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/philippines-population/
