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COVID-19 and Overseas Filipino Workers: Return Migration and Reintegration into the Home Country—the Philippine Case

2022, J.W. Kang, M.C. Latoja, ADB,COVID-19 and Overseas Filipino Workers Return Migration and Reintegration into the Home Country—the Philippine Case
Type
Position paper
Report
Country
Philippines (the)
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Organization
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Year
2022
Publication Series
ADB Southeast Asia Working Paper Series. No.21
Authors
J. W. Kang, M.C. Latoja

This paper profiles the return migration and reintegration of returning overseas workers into the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and discusses policy considerations. It explores the economic dimensions of the return of overseas workers and examines how the nature of reintegration programs and circumstances surrounding their return could impact reintegration outcomes.

The study also suggests policy insights to help strengthen return and reintegration strategies to better leverage outmigration as a tool for economic transformation.