Abstract:
This study to probed if the current migration policies that were passed and
implemented were more of policies promoting labor migration rather than policies that
protect the welfare and rights of the Filipino health professionals abroad.
The objectives of the study were fourfold: 1) To obtain information on the trends
in the demand for and utilization of Filipino Health professionals in the local and
international. markets; 2) To provide comprehensive, integrated and updated information
about the existing labor migration policies in the country; 3) To evaluate the labor
migration policies’ impact on the migration of health professionals; and 4) To propose
policy options and strategies for the solution of the continued exodus of health
professionals.
The results of the study showed that the current migration policies that were
passed and implemented were more of policies promoting labor migration rather than
policies that protect the welfare and rights of the Filipino health professionals abroad:
The migration policies that were formulated and enforced were results of the increasing
International demand for Filipino labor resources rather than with the basis of the grounds
that these policies came up because the welfare and rights of Filipinos should be
promoted and protected abroad. The promotion of Filipino health professionals’
migration is only supported by the phenomenon that is based on economic and sociocultural
factors that is heavily facilitated and promoted by the government through its
migration policies.
