Nearly 5,000 cases of abused OFWs recorded in 2020

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MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 5,000 cases of maltreatment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were recorded in 2020, data presented during a Senate Labor Committee hearing on Monday showed.

Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the committee, presented figures from Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs), which showed that in the Middle East alone, 4,302 cases of abuse were recorded last year.

In Asia, there were 593 maltreatment cases while 86 incidents were reported in Europe and the Americas.

The POLO data also included the number of contract violations committed against OFWs, which totaled to 23,714, majority of which…

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