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Despite growing tension between Israel and Hezbollah, hundreds of undocumented overseas Filipino workers in Lebanon are hesitant to leave the country out of fear they would not receive financial assistance from the government should they return to the Philippines, according to migrant expert Emmanuel Geslani.
Citing reports from the Philippine Embassy through Ambassador Marcelo Balatbat, he said there are 11,000 documented OFWs in Lebanon, including more than 3,000 domestic workers. “Most of these illegal…workers in Lebanon did not register with the embassy and failed to pay the US$25 OWWA fee,” Geslani said.
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