PH adopts global migration compacthome/News/Nation/PH adopts global migration compactTHE Philippines appealed to foreign governments to treat migrants “with decency” as it adopted on Monday the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GSM) that aims to protect the rights of migrants workers and refugees. “This is the enigma of arrival; the arrival of needed migrants — some or even most of them — but not all,” he added. The five countries hosting the most number of Filipinos based on a report in 2014 were United States (3.3 million), Saudi Arabia (938,490), Canada (676,775), Malaysia (620,043), and United Arab Emirates (541,593). “Sometimes the needs of state and migrants overlap; sometimes not; hence the false and ugly narratives of migration peddled by those who have benefitted from migration but fear too much of it,” he added. Locsin admitted that no one state could address the issue of migration alone.

Source: Manila Times December 11, 2018 16:07 UTC