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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.