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International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) Director Alice Visperas said as of December 17, some 550,000 OFWs lost their jobs abroad.
“Of this figure, 370,000 of the displaced were repatriated to their home provinces, 126,000 displaced are still waiting for their repatriation, and 82,000 displaced and opted to stay on-site,” she said in a press briefing.
The government started transporting OFWs en masse in May after Covid tests and quarantine.
The OFW returnees were provided with accommodation, food, transportation, and COVID testing upon their arrival in the country.
To help OFWs financially, DOLE has also been extending a one-time P10,000 or $200 cash aid under the Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) program to OFWs whose incomes were affected by the pandemic, both on-site and those stranded in the country.
3 8M workers, over 550K OFWs displaced by COVID-19 pandemic
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120K OFWs still awaiting repatriation; more in 2021
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Published December 13, 2020, 1:10 PM
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) couple who recently filed sexual harassment and bribery charges against Philippine Labor Attaché Nasser Mustafa before the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has asked Saudi Arabian authorities to step in and conduct a probe concerning their case.
In a letter to the Kingdom’s Administration of Expatriate Affairs and the Chief of Police of Riyadh, Herbert and Aireen Mayores said they were left with no other choice but to file a complaint against Mustafa, days after Mustafa lodged a libel case against the couple before the Saudi police.
“May we ask from your honorable office for assistance to execute a thorough investigation we are very much willing to cooperate in the best way we can in the service of the Saudi government,” the husband-and-wife OFW asked the Saudi authorities in a letter dated Dec. 6, 2020.