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Without greater medical coverage and social security, OFWs even in difficult situations abroad are likely to cling to their jobs, an OWWA director points out

“Why are we going after tourists and letting the big criminals get away?” one trafficking victim asks. 

Overseas Filipino workers trafficked to Syria as domestic workers filed a complaint against former Charges d’Affaires Alex Lamadrid and four other Filipino diplomats who were posted at the embassy in Damascus over allegations of abuse and neglect.

Former Philippine charge d'affaires to Syria Alex LaMadrid denies the claims

BY GERARD NAVAL and ASHZEL HACHERO MIGRANTS group Migrante Philippines yesterday said the decision of the Kuwaiti government to suspend the issuance of new...

De Vega believes that the visa suspension — it covers other professions beyond household workers and potentially other entry visas — is Kuwait’s “bargaining chip.” 

Neither side has given details, but the Department of Migrant Workers stopped the deployment of newly-hired domestic workers to Kuwait in February "until more safeguards are in place for their protection and welfare."

$600m OFW remittances at stake over deployment ban counter-move The Philippines stands to lose about $600 million (about P33.5 billion)

Migrante Philippines is hoping the country can ensure that cash aid is distributed properly and secure the freedom of Mary Jane Veloso, who has been behind bars in Indonesia for over a decade now.

Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople said it outright: the best solution to the abuse and even murder of overseas Filipino workers is to create a job environment in the Philippines that will end the OFW phenomenon.