Stop Pinoy Migration!

[jpdm]

From Business Mirror April 24, 2008

[SIZE=3]We must stop Filipino worker migration![/SIZE]

Sure, I know it is not going to happen. And actually, I am not in favor of any sort of ban of this type. But I thought someone should say it at least once.

I am concerned by the evolution that it has taken and the current attitude toward Filipinos leaving the country.


I wrote in these pages two years ago that, “Every nation depends on the vibrancy, literary, commercial, scientific and social dynamism of its youth to make substantial national progress for the future.


Twenty years ago, Thais and Malaysians did not leave their home country. They stayed and built their nation.

Forty years ago, Taiwanese graduates did not go abroad, except for education, and now we provide the manual labor for their economy.”

When you see a large number of Filipino high-school graduates who list as their ambition to get a nursing degree so they can work abroad, you have the makings of a serious long-term problem.


But what if a global economic slowdown shuts the door on Filipino “global citizens”? What if economic isolationist policies become stronger in the First World countries?


What if we see a repatriation of Filipinos forced to give back their jobs because of rising unemployment in the host countries?

The Philippines is not prepared for this possibility, and will be less prepared if we condition our youth that an overseas job not only will be there but also is something one can always expect and plan for.


Perhaps more important on the migration issue, if it does continue through another generation, where does that lead the Philippines?


However, the illogical conclusion of this phenomena may be a time when “WOW Philippines” could mean something entirely different from today.

“World of Workers Philippines: We breed them, we train them, we ship them to your doorstep around the globe.”

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[StraightSix]

It used to be “World of Wives Philippines: We breed them, we train them, we ship them to your doorstep around the globe.” because of the mail-order brides.

At least with OFW's there's no more gender discrimination.

[pitbullz]

wala akong paki! basta ako,aalis ako. hindi ko na matiis ang corruption at anarchy dito!

[uls]

iba naman ang pinoy sa Thailanders or Taiwanese or Malaysians na mahal ang bansa nila.

Dont expect pinoys to stay here to help the country.

Pinoys are family first.

Di pala family first. Family only. Walang second, walang third. Family lang.

Who cares about the country?

The hell with the country.

hehe

[mbeige]

I don't think it's just the financial aspect that drives people to leave the country, but also for their own personal growth as a human being. If the article is all about helping the country help itself, then the environment should be conducive to growth. Otherwise, you really can't help the country grow, if your personal growth is stumped.

If the citizens cannot express social courtesy, social responsibility, etc. then they will never have peace of mind, and that will drive them crazy to seek better places, because they know it'll never change back there.

And since the foundation for personal growth has not been established, then the opportunity will never present itself, the situation will simply get worse, and the efflux will continue, if not increase.

What's even worse is that even if the country is predominantly Catholic, even if millions of people hear mass every Sunday, you can't help but wonder whatever happened why they can't treat other people like the way they're taught in Church?

Just my opinion.

[Syuryuken]

bah alangan namang mag-stay pa dito sa pinas kung wala ng maipakain sa pamilya.

[uls]

i rest my case

[morrissey_05]

with a government like ours, who would want to stay?

[v6dreamer]

bah alangan namang mag-stay pa dito sa pinas kung wala ng maipakain sa pamilya.

Na bullseye mo bro. This what we called "survival".

[pitbullz]

stay back home and build a country for the rats to feast on? nevermind...i might as well be a hermit! ano ako,gago? magpapakahirap ako tapos ang makikinabang eh mga politiko hindi na! hehehe ok lang na magpakaiwan dito kung nakikita mong may nangyayari naman sa sacrifice mo...eh meron ba? hehehe idealism can go so as the stomach/morale will take it
isa pa, mukhang ang pinapaboran ng society dito sa atin eh yun mga hindi nagbabayad ng buwis aka "mga mahihirap" sge, kayo na lang magpaka martir! hehehe

abandon ship!

PS: pag magaling mag ingles ang mga malaysian,thai at taiwanese malaman matagal na nagsialisan ang mga yan tayo kasi international ang quality natin ayos ba?

[kevinpunzalan]

I think the point of the original author is this:

We DO NOT have to love, much less tolerate the stupid, greedy and evil officials in our country. We are welcome to study abroad and to work abroad if that will sustain our incomes and allow us to grow as professionals and as individuals. It is laudable that people sacrifice time away from their families to provide a better life for them, and for us to try to grow beyond our limitations here...

BUT:

It doesn't mean that we have to shake the dust off our feet when we leave our country. Just because our country is corrupt and underdeveloped doesn't mean we must hate it. Hate the leaders, hate the social conditions, but do not hate the country. Why? You can change the former, but you can never truly change the latter. You will only have one motherland.

The author is right: if economic conditions go south, the world may stop seeing us as assets and begin to see us as liabilities. After all, Pinoys are hired because OUR LABOR IS CHEAP. Yes, we have talented laborers in all fields, but so do most other countries. If they experience an economic downturn, they will prioritize their native labor over Pinoys and other foreigners. Look at what is happening now in Europe: guest workers from the Maghreb (North Africa) and Turkey were welcomed in the boom years of the 50's to 1973. When the boom ended, the migrants were treated as strangers in a strange land, and the issue of repatriating them or integrating them into European society now haunts Europe.

If that happens, where will our brethren go? The only country that will allow them in... will be our own. After all, we only have one true homeland.

So, where does that leave us on dealing with migration: here's my suggestion: study abroad, work abroad, learn as much as you can. But when you are financially and personally fulfilled, return to the country and share what you have learned. Put up a school, a foundation, or a business. Teach. In that way you have taken care of yourself but you also leave something better for the next generation. You don't have to enter politics to help your country. Look at what foundations like Gawad Kalinga, Habitat for Humanity, WWF-Philippines, Greenpeace or Tahanang Walang Hagdanan do.

That is exactly what young Japanese did in the Meiji restoration, what young Malaysians and Singaporeans in the 1950's, what Thais did during the 1970's (from our own universities, no less!), and this is what we can do. Its not impossible, really. After all, magaling naman ang Pinoy, diba?

[boydapa]

1. society ito tlaga ng mga Family First before others!

2. society din ito ng mga rich and powerful

3. very limited ang social mobility dito kng gzto mo umasenso. you will be pressured by the system. at kng gzto mo umasenso you will have to play their game which is napakadumi at yan ay kng kaya ng konsensya mo. the only way na umangat ka is kng mang aagrabyado ka mangurap magsuhol lahat! gzto mo ba maglaro sa buhay na ganun?

4. there is no such a thing here as an American Dream kng kayat wala tayong vision as a whole kng saan tyo tutungo. we can not even call it a dream because it is a nightmare for many especially those na kumakain nlng ng tira tira sa basurahan

I might as well go somewhere else...

where my skills will be greatly appreciated and rewarded fairly
(skilled workers abandon ship to make a statement!)

where i can be more productive and beneficial to their society

[tidus1203]

*PLEASE NAMAN, NO TEXT SPEAK DITO* I understand you are limited to 150 characters in a text message but here its bottomless so please type out your words

Back to topic: Well ako din naman, I only care for my arse and my family's arse. So I will leave too if things don't pan out to well here.... They don't care about so why should you care about them? Survival >> Loyalty!

[uls]

hahaha

Survival > country

Take that John Mangun!

[theveed]

Thais not Thailanders btw.

[kevinpunzalan]

Indulge me for a minute:

If "survival" is all that's important,

What are you going to do when other countries no longer welcome Pinoys?

[Eismann]

Sa mga umalis na at mga aalis pa, wag nyo lang kalimutang bumalik dito ha....dalhin nyo din lahat ng pera at mga talinong nakuha nyo pag balik.

Tatanda din kayo and where else will you be very welcome pag tanda mo kundi dito din sa bayang sinilangan mo. Malamig yata sa America at Canada, baka lalong pahirapan kayo ng arthritis nyo dun, he-he-he

[uls]

Thais not Thailanders btw.

hehehe the caffeine didnt kick in yet when i was typing that

[Isuzoom]

how about telling the politicians to migrate.....and we will live happily ever after.

[imprezawrxsti]

[QUOTE=kevinpunzalan;1059809]I think the point of the original author is this:

We DO NOT have to love, much less tolerate the stupid, greedy and evil officials in our country. We are welcome to study abroad and to work abroad if that will sustain our incomes and allow us to grow as professionals and as individuals. It is laudable that people sacrifice time away from their families to provide a better life for them, and for us to try to grow beyond our limitations here...

BUT:

It doesn't mean that we have to shake the dust off our feet when we leave our country. Just because our country is corrupt and underdeveloped doesn't mean we must hate it. Hate the leaders, hate the social conditions, but do not hate the country. Why? You can change the former, but you can never truly change the latter. You will only have one motherland.

The author is right: if economic conditions go south, the world may stop seeing us as assets and begin to see us as liabilities. After all, Pinoys are hired because OUR LABOR IS CHEAP. Yes, we have talented laborers in all fields, but so do most other countries. If they experience an economic downturn, they will prioritize their native labor over Pinoys and other foreigners. Look at what is happening now in Europe: guest workers from the Maghreb (North Africa) and Turkey were welcomed in the boom years of the 50's to 1973. When the boom ended, the migrants were treated as strangers in a strange land, and the issue of repatriating them or integrating them into European society now haunts Europe.

If that happens, where will our brethren go? The only country that will allow them in... will be our own. After all, we only have one true homeland.

So, where does that leave us on dealing with migration: here's my suggestion: study abroad, work abroad, learn as much as you can. But when you are financially and personally fulfilled, return to the country and share what you have learned. Put up a school, a foundation, or a business. Teach. In that way you have taken care of yourself but you also leave something better for the next generation. You don't have to enter politics to help your country. Look at what foundations like Gawad Kalinga, Habitat for Humanity, WWF-Philippines, Greenpeace or Tahanang Walang Hagdanan do.

That is exactly what young Japanese did in the Meiji restoration, what young Malaysians and Singaporeans in the 1950's, what Thais did during the 1970's (from our own universities, no less!), and this is what we can do. Its not impossible, really. After all, magaling naman ang Pinoy, diba?[/QUO
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