From 2011, the number of registered Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has tripled to 6.3 million, according to the latest tally of the Department of Foreign Affairs. This excludes the countless others working overseas but who remain unregistered with the government. The Philippine Statistics Authority said that only 2.2 million OFWs worked abroad anytime between April and September 2011. In June 2013, the International Organization for Migration said in its Country Migration Report that in the past 3 decades, the number of OFWs has been increasing constantly. Over 67% of OFWs head for countries in the Middle East, with the top 5 destinations identified as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong/China, and Qatar.
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