RP targets Asia, Europe job markets

RP targets Asia, Europe job markets

MANILA (AFP): The Philippines hopes to deploy more of its workers to Asia and Europe, Philippine Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said on Monday.

Laguesma however stressed that this is only a temporary measure while the government looks for ways to generate more work for them within the Philippines and encourage those abroad to return home.

More than six million Filipinos are believed to be working overseas, many of them as laborers, seamen and domestic helpers.