A migrant workers’ group criticized the Aquino administration’s labo- export policy in a state of “Catch-22” or a big dilemma as gleaned in its easing of hiring rules for overseas workers set forth by the Migrant Workers Act. 

“This only implies that the government remains a failure when it comes to creating local jobs with decent pay and benefits. The government’s labor-export program is not reliable. In fact, it is  a shrinking job generation measure; it is a mere Band-Aid solution to our country’s economic woes,” said John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator.

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