Creation of OFW dept won't solve issues of Pinoy migrant workers — Drilon

Creation of OFW dept won’t solve issues of Pinoy migrant workers — Drilon
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published March 8, 2021 3:49pm
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday insisted that the proposed creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will not address the issues currently being faced by Filipino migrant workers.
Drilon made the remark as the Senate labor committee deliberated on the various measures proposing the creation of the OFW department, which is among the priority legislation of President Rodrigo Duterte.
In his interpellation, Drilon zeroed in on the "kafala" system in the Middle East.
The said system requires employers to sponsor foreign workers, making the latter vulnerable to abuse. Under it, foreign workers can only look for new jobs without prior approval from their sponsors after three years of service.

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