The government will send a fact-finding team to Kuwait in order to assess welfare cases among distressed OFWs, the Department of Migrant Workers said. | JMangaluzINQ
“Titingnan din kung nagkaroon ng lapses on the part of the migrant workers office sa pagtugon sa panawagan sa welfare assistance among our OFWs,” said Ople.Social welfare attaché Bernard Bonina and other officials from the DMW are set to go to Kuwait within the following week, said Ople.
Cacdac said that three weeks ago, 421 OFWs previously asked for help and their office has been able to send the workers home in batches within the past month.Their findings will serve as evidence that may “result in policy reforms” and “personnel changes,” said Ople. This move from the DMW follows the killing of OFW Jullebee Ranara, whose body was found burnt in a Kuwaiti desert, prompting outrage from different sectors, as well as politicians.
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