According to a DFA report, a number of Filipinos are in legal trouble in China for illegal work or overstaying. Most of the cases of contract breaches and illegal recruitment involve unauthorized schools and fly-by-night recruitment agencies.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration warns Filipino nurses not to fall prey to promises of nursing jobs in Norway by some unscrupulous recruiters.

The Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden reported that there is no present demand for professional nurses, foreign or local, in Norway.