COVID-19 and Overseas Filipino Workers: Return Migration and Reintegration into the Home Country—the Philippine Case
Tipo
Documento de posición
Informe
País
Filipinas
Región
Asia y el Pacífico
Organización
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Año
2022
Idioma
Inglés
Serie de la publicación
ADB Southeast Asia Working Paper Series. No.21
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. |
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