Migrante Philippines chairperson Arman Hernando says the Philippine government must put more resources into monitoring and protecting OFWs, given how much it wants to export workers.
that the department hoped to deploy more workers in its first fully operational year, noting that the Philippines fielded 486,673 OFWs from July to November 2022. There are at least 1.83 million OFWs worldwide, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.In the Friday media forum, Migrante presented several Filipinos who described their experiences working in the Middle East, particularly in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
Ester, a Kuwait-based domestic worker whose surname Rappler decided to withhold, said in a recorded video shown in the forum that she has not had a day off since she started work 10 months ago. She claimed her employers had taken her passport and her Kuwait civil ID.forged by the Philippines and Kuwait following the murder of domestic worker Joanna Demafelis in 2018.Nakararanas din po ako ng pinaglulupitan ng amo kong babae dahil lang daw sa hindi malinis ang pagtrabaho ko.
Senate Majority Leader Villanueva earlier questioned how effective deployment bans are in protecting OFWs, particularly those headed to Kuwait, as– Rappler.com
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