Resumen de Entre la soberanía lingüística y la protección migratoria: la lengua como salvoconducto en la migración de Filipinas a Italia
Maria Cama, María Rubio Gómez, Francisco Javier García Castaño
The article presents the case of Philippine migration to Italy, with particular emphasis on the host country’s use of certain teaching-learning processes of its own language as guarantors of the socio-labour integration of migrants from the South-Asian country. First, we start from the analysis and discussion of a bilateral agreement on migration and labour between the Philippine and Italian Governments that, through the acquisition of the “host” language, provides better migration and employment opportunities. Based on this, we undertake the study of such initiatives, in which migration policies implement integration projects oriented towards assimilation models. Finally, we put the emphasis on the limitations of a legislation that does not yet explicitly recognize to migrants a fundamental right: the right to maintain their own linguistic and cultural heritage.
