MANILA, Philippines — A foreign affairs official on Monday admitted that it was difficult to stop the abuse towards overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly in the Middle East, as a senator flagged thousands of maltreatment cases among the OFWs in 2020.
“The problem begins with the practice…In the Middle East, there are sectors, for example, the household service workers, even if there’s a bilateral labor agreement [with the host country], even if everything is in place, we could the not control the abuses because they happen in the homes,” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UndersecretarySarahLouArriolasaid during a hearing of the Senate labor committee on bills to create …
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