MPI global meet on immigration

Previewing the Global Forum meeting, the Migration Policy Institute will host a discussion on April 14th focusing on the pressing concerns that face Filipinos in Europe, North America, and the Middle East , as well as the Philippine government’s response; implications for other countries; and how the Global Forum can address these issues.

The world’s attention will focus on the Philippines as it hosts the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development in October 2008. Among those watching closely will be the estimated 8 million Filipinos living abroad. For them the Global Forum’s overarching theme this year, Protecting and Empowering Migrants for Development, will ring with Particular. The event will also include the release of the book, /In De Olde Worlde, Views of Filipino Migrants in Europe.

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