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A new study at the government-run Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has noted a growing phenomenon of migrant workers getting positions lower than their educational attainment or experience.

Overseas job packages which often lure Filipinos to work abroad are facing stiff competition as the Philippines is experiencing a reverse migration, with many workers convinced to stay at home as the country begins to offer more lucrative job packages.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, May 21 2013 (IPS) - On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap metal.

Saudi Arabia has granted the Philippines’ appeal to exempt the thousands of overstaying and illegally working Filipinos in the kingdom from the payment of all charges and penalties before they leave the kingdom, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Monday.

HIGH charges and few rural outlets cut the benefits of the billion-dollar remittances sent by Asian migrants to their families, a report by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (Ifad) and the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Manila, Philippines -- The Aquino government may be confronted with a few problems abroad, including a tense diplomatic row with Taiwan, but it is not about to let go of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.

Muscat - Data released by the joint inspection team at the Ministry of Manpower shows that 270 illegal labourers were caught between May 12 and May 18, a press release said.

MANILA, Philippines - Believe it or not, more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are coming back home to work here.