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):

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

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/

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