A lot of Filipinos dream of working and migrating abroad specifically to the United States of America. For a lot of them, it is the place of milk and honey, of freedom and of better opportunities.It is the place where supposedly their children can have better education and eventually, better lives that cannot be easily found in their home country. Maybe so, but that is always not the case. It is, therefore, not surprising to find that in every Filipino extended family, there is a family member or maybe more who has gone abroad or has dreamed of going abroad to work and live. They are willing to go through the tedious and almost painful process of applying for visa, of looking for money to finance their visa and show money, of looking for employment, of a place to live, of schools to be attended by the children, of going through a lot of packing and of international removals just so they can take a shot of their dream. There is really nothing wrong with dreams of wanting to have better opportunities in life, of wanting to have good life until old age and even the willingness to go through the necessary removals that go along with.I, for one, have contemplated joining the exodus of migrant workers last year. It was only through my mother’s insistence to be patient and her anxiety of being left behind that stopped me from pursuing through my plans. I am just wondering why should there be a need to migrate, to see another country aside from one’s own to be much better.Every country has its own devils to contend with but what I have observed from other countries is that they try to resolve it, to improve on it and to work on it. It was a good thing that I deferred my plans because a few months after, the global economy slowed down and one of the countries that was and still is, hardest hit is the US. Due to this, more and more Filipino migrant workers were laid off and/or coming back home, going through the same tedious and painful process of uprooting themselves and their family members, going through the REMOVALS and reestablishing themselves back home again. Right now, it seems that most statements I heard from migrant workers that are coming home for good are that of there is much better opportunities here at home, there is better support system that helps buffer from anxieties and stress, and yes, money can be good from working abroad but is it really worth it?
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