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Family or country? The hard choice Filipino nurses make

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 06:39 PM

It is becoming almost impossible for Filipino nurses to resist the strong pull of international migration, as high-income countries resort to more aggressive recruitment strategies. Read more »

International poll shows one in three would emigrate

Bettina Marx, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Feb 04 09:34 AM

Pollsters at Gallup International have discovered that 36% of people around the world would prefer to live in another country. DW spoke with Gallup International President Kancho Stoychev about the findings. Read more »

DOH seeks incentive program as majority of nurses go abroad for employment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 05:42 PM

Vergeire said DOH knows the reality that more than half of Filipino nurses seek work abroad or other career opportunities. Read more »

Q&A with MSF's Paul McPhun on Myanmar's Rohingya

Johanna Son, Reporting ASEAN
Posted at Sep 24 12:10 PM

With no solution in sight and funding going down as the world looks elsewhere, such as in Ukraine, the conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh deteriorate. Read more »

Deployment cap ng health care workers ngayong taon malapit nang maabot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 07:45 PM

Malapit nang maabot ang 7,500 deployment cap sa healthcare workers ngayong taon. Read more »

Robin seeks harsher penalties vs PH envoys abusing OFWs

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:40 PM

Sen. Robin Padilla on Wednesday pushed for harsher punishments against Philippine ambassadors and diplomatic personnel who sexually abuse Filipino migrant workers. Read more »

Theater play tells story of first Filipinos in Canada

Rowena Papasin | TFC News Vancouver
Posted at Jul 28 02:06 PM

Three community organizations in Canada joined forces to come up with a play that tackles Filipino migration stories. Read more »

End of the line: Fed-up Sri Lankans rush for passports

Parvaiz Bukhari, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 11:13 AM

Every day, about 3,000 people submit their papers and 15,000 rupees to obtain travel documents. Read more »

Reviving hope in a chronically ill health system

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:35 PM

The Philippines’ road to recovery from the pandemic has not been a smooth journey, with some even paying the ultimate price. Read more »

46 migrants found dead in Texas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 01:25 PM

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio. Read more »

Saan maganda at paano magiging madali ang pag-migrate?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 01:17 AM

Saan maganda mag-migrate at paano magiging madali ang paglipad sa ibang bansa para manirahan dito? Read more »

OFW sa Saudi Arabia humihingi ng saklolo dahil sa pang-aabuso ng amo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:07 PM

Pangmamaltrato ang kaniyang dinanas sa kamay ng mga amo. Read more »

Number of Ukrainian evacuees to Japan reaches 1,000

Kyodo News
Posted at May 22 07:12 AM

The number of evacuees from Ukraine to Japan since Russia's invasion of the Eastern European country in February reached 1,000, authorities said. Read more »

Analyst to young people: OK to leave PH but come back

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:27 PM

If young people want an alternative "to a Duterte or a Marcos in 2028," then you better start campaigning now, former Ateneo School of Gov't Dean Tony La Viña told ANC. Read more »

7.1 million internally displaced in Ukraine, UN says

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 10:22 PM

Beyond the estimated 7.1 million IDPs, ‘more communities in need remain trapped’, said the UN's International Organization for Migration. Read more »

More than 1.2 million refugees flee Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 03:02 AM

The UN children's agency UNICEF estimates that around half a million of them are youngsters. Read more »

Canada opens doors to more immigrants in 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 12:24 PM

Canada is opening its doors to more immigrants in 2022, its embassy in the Philippines announced Thursday. Read more »

Migrants sew their mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to US border

Jose Torres, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 01:34 PM

A dozen undocumented migrants sewed their mouths shut in a bid to convince Mexico immigration authority to grant them passage toward the U.S. border. Read more »

4 people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 07:58 AM

Canadian authorities found the bodies of 4 people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border. Read more »

One-year old migrant crossed Med sea alone: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 08:30 AM

A one-year-old boy believed to have been sent by his parents to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing alone has made it safely to the island of Lampedusa, Italian media reports said Saturday. Read more »