Filipino diaspora

The Filipino diaspora comprises Filipino communities living outside the Philippines, formed through migration, labor, and family settlement.

Pensionado Act: A 1903 U.S. law that funded higher education for selected Filipino students in the United States. It created an early, state-sponsored route for Filipinos to study and settle in the United States.
Larry Itliong: A Filipino American labor organizer who helped lead the 1965 Delano grape strike. His organizing connected Filipino farmworkers in the United States to a wider labor movement.
Labor migration: Movement across regions or countries primarily to obtain employment. Employment-driven movement is a major force behind Filipino settlement abroad.
Filipino Americans: People in the United States who trace their ancestry to the Philippines. The United States hosts one of the largest and oldest Filipino communities abroad.
Remittances to the Philippines: Money sent to the Philippines by people living or working abroad. These transfers support households and contribute substantially to the national economy.
Tydings–McDuffie Act: A 1934 U.S. law that set a timetable for Philippine independence and sharply restricted Filipino immigration. Its restrictions interrupted migration from the Philippines to the United States.
Philip Vera Cruz: A Filipino American farmworker and labor leader who became a vice president of the United Farm Workers. His career reveals the organizing and leadership of Filipino agricultural migrants.
Overseas Filipino worker: A Filipino citizen working abroad, often under a fixed-term employment contract. This status distinguishes temporary overseas employment from permanent migration.
Filipino Canadians: People in Canada who trace their ancestry to the Philippines. Canadian immigration and care-work pathways have shaped a major Filipino community.
Balikbayan box: A package sent by Filipinos abroad to family or friends in the Philippines. It makes care and material exchange across distance tangible.

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