Crisis in Europe
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains. — Robert Frost.
This short statement of Frost is reflecting the current financial crisis of some of the countries in Europe specifically Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Portugal who are now under the rain, not of blessings but of struggles on paying its debts. These countries host thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in its broad territories as doctors, nurses, IT professionals, engineers, architects, technician, teachers, caregivers, domestic helpers. In fact, there was a Filipino movie entitled Milan released last 2004 highlighting the life of an OFW in one of the largest city in Italy, where the title of the movie was based from, Milan. The present monetary crisis that these countries are facing could not help one to think of how would this affect the OFWs who are presently employed at the said countries.
