Senate migrant workers committee chairman Raffy Tulfo on Tuesday slammed the Kuwaiti government’s reported crackdown on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Senate migrant workers committee chairman Raffy Tulfo on Tuesday slammed the Kuwaiti government’s reported crackdown on overseas Filipino workers .
The lawmaker also emphasized the need to provide shelters for OFWs in distress as many of them had to sleep on the streets when the embassies’ shelters are in full capacity and while they are complying with the requirements for repatriation or getting documents related to the filing of cases. During the hearings, Tulfo proposed mandatory pre-engagement seminars, background checks, and psychological and medical exams for employers of domestic workers to be deployed in Kuwait.
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