RP to join Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration
MANILA,
July 5 (PNA) -- The Philippines is one of 24 nations that will
participate in the first annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and
Integration (TFMI) in Nuremberg, Germany, on July 9-13.
Labor
and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the forum is sponsored
by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (or GMF) with support
from the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Germany.
"Specifically,
the initiative of the German Marshall Fund in the United States to
organize the forum also demonstrates the global importance of
migration, in which the Philippines continues to have a leading and
productive part," he said.
Roque
cited that in the first five months (January to May) of 2008 alone,
some 516,466 documented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were deployed
in more than 190 countries.
"Indeed,
we hope that the forum under the historic context of the Marshall Plan,
and within the ambit of the global community of nations in productively
managing global migration, will contribute to the greater understanding
of immigration and integration issues and promote effective bilateral
cooperation," he said.
The
participating countries are the Philippines, Bulgaria, China, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco,
The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Gambia, Senegal, Spain, Tanzania,
Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with
the United Nations Development Program, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, and Organization for Undocumented Migrant
Workers.
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