Overseas Employment Programme atire 15,169 Jamayiken an 2025, PIOJ rapòte

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Overseas Employment Programme Jamayik la te enskri 15,169 moun an 2025, yon ogmantasyon 4.8 pousan sou ane anvan an, dapre Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

Chif ki soti nan Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2025 yo montre ke byenke US Farm Work Programme ak Canadian Low Skilled Worker Programme te wè mwens patisipan, tout lòt filyè nan pwogram nan te elaji.

Overseas Employment Programme se prensipal mekannis Gouvènman Jamayik la pou migrasyon travay. Li asosye Jamayiken ki kalifye ak travay nan United States of America (USA) ak Canada atravè senk filyè: US Farm Work Programme, US Hospitality Programme, Canadian Farm & Factory Work Programme, Canadian Skilled Worker/Hospitality Programme, ak Canadian Low Skilled Worker Programme.

Ansanm, de filyè ameriken yo te monte 1.7 pousan pou rive a 5,810 moun. Ogmantasyon sa a te chita sou US Hospitality Programme, ki te monte 16.2 pousan pou rive a 1,236 patisipan — yon rezilta enstiti planifikasyon an te lye ak yon maketing pi fò ak yon angajman pi laj ak anplwayè yo.

Kontrèman, US Farm Work Programme te tonbe 1.6 pousan pou rive a 4,574 moun, ki reflete yon bès 1.7 pousan nan enskripsyon gason. «Rediksyon nan patisipan yo ka atribiye a defi ekonomik kèk anplwayè agrikòl te fè fas a, ki te lakòz yo diminye fòs travay yo,» PIOJ eksplike.

Filyè Kanadyen yo te grandi 6.9 pousan pou rive a 9,359 moun epi yo te bay ankò majorite antre nan pwogram nan, swa 61.7 pousan. Enskripsyon nan Canadian Farm & Factory Work Programme te avanse 7.4 pousan pou rive a 8,877, gras a yon pi bon sezon rekòlt seriz nan British Columbia, Canada, ak ajoute nouvo anplwayè ki te ogmante demann pou travay agrikòl sezonye.

Canadian Low Skilled Worker Programme te ale nan direksyon opoze a, li te bese 2.4 pousan pou rive a 482 moun apre patisipasyon gason te tonbe 4.6 pousan. PIOJ te site konkirans ki soti nan peyi ki pa tradisyonèlman founi travayè kòm yon faktè. Canadian Skilled Worker/Hospitality Programme pa t anrejistre okenn patisipan.

Fanm nan Overseas Employment Programme te monte 18.2 pousan pou rive a 1,150, men gason yo te toujou reprezante 92.4 pousan tout patisipan yo. Menm jan ak ane anvan an, gason yo te dominen US Farm Work Programme (98.5 pousan), Canadian Farm and Factory Programme (95.6 pousan), ak Canadian Low Skilled Worker Programme (89.6 pousan). Fanm yo te fòme 51.8 pousan moun ki te nan US Hospitality Programme.