Saudi Arabia will be offering at least one million jobs to Filipino workers as it competes with its Middle Eastern neighbors for skilled manpower, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Tuesday — and as neighboring Kuwait shuts its doors to Manila.
neighbors for skilled manpower, the Department of Migrant Workers said Tuesday — and as neighboring Kuwait shuts its doors to Manila.
“They mentioned their hotel and restaurant sector, they are booming in terms of building cities,” the DMW chief said in a TV Patrol report. Among the topics to be discussed include SDG Target 8.8 that “protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.”
According to Ople, Objective 23 seeks to “Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly, and regular migration.”
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