Laguna Province Establishes a One-Stop Migration Resource Center
Laguna Province
Governor
Sol Aragones
Start of Project
03/01/2019
End of Project
To be confirmed
Overview
Laguna Province establishes a “One Stop Migration Resource Center”, which serves as the hub for information and support to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.
Laguna Province is one of the principal points of departure in the Philippines for OFWs. The top five country destinations for OFWs are the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. Overseas workers are often burdened with the feeling of homesickness, lack of inclusion, and specific health implications. Many face problems with regard to their contract, claims, and benefits. Returning migrants have often faced abuse and exploitation and can find themselves estranged from their families at home, and families left behind are often experiencing the social cost of migration, such as estranged relationships and neglect of the children.
The One Stop Migration Resource Center serves as the hub for migrants and their families to access information with the aim to prevent human trafficking and helping with the reintegration of returning migrants into their home communities. It offers economic opportunities, provides specific training for both departing and returning migrants, and ensures psychosocial support for migrants and their families. Lastly, the Center supports and complements the efforts of local governments and other partners and provides a space for discussion and capacity building of stakeholders working with migrants.
Expected Impact
The creation of Laguna OSMRC makes the migrants in the province of Laguna more responsible and productive, together with their families, enjoying the opportunities of the province and contributing towards social and economic development.
Priority Objectives
Engaging in regional and multilateral partnerships and increasing city-to-city cooperation
Improving migration governance and forced displacement protection
Minimising the drivers of forced displacement, including climate change and environmental drivers
Protecting those most vulnerable
“Our Migrants are burdened with the feeling of homesickness, different culture in the different side of the globe, health implications and insignificant differences of wage locally and abroad. These challenges are ever growing and are very complex; that is why the establishment of the Laguna OSMRC is very timely for the benefit of our migrants. This is our way of helping Migrants advance their welfare and development.”