WITH the ongoing Israel-Gaza war fueling the fear of a wider regional war, where are the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) now — and three to five years hence?
WITH the ongoing Israel-Gaza war fueling the fear of a wider regional war, where are the overseas Filipino workers now — and three to five years hence?If Israel, Gaza, and Iran's proxies and allies join Hamas and the forces opposing the US-Israel coalition, would the OFWs continue working as the rockets and missiles fall?Or will the same workers take advantage of the peace dividend that Canada, the US, Australia, the UK and New Zealand offer in terms of better wages and prospects of...
3 million OFWs who suffered job losses, insufficient incomes and health problems were repatriated.'From March 2020 to August 2022, records from the Inter-Agency Task Force against Emerging and Infectious Diseases show that the 2,348,098 returnee OFWs nearly outnumbered the 2020-to-2022 deployed OFWs .'The reduced number of OFW deployments resulted in a decline in remittances. In 2023, the Philippines received record-high cash remittances .
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