MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) feel “unwelcomed” and “discriminated” over the government’s quarantine rules, which subjects them to a longer period of isolation, an advocate of Filipino migrant workers’ rights told the Senate Tuesday.
“I can only add and share the sentiments of our OFWs, they feel that yung automatic response has always been border control,” Susan Ople, former labor undersecretary and president of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, said during a hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole.
“We’re not against yung pag prevent [ng spread of COVID variants]…but please be spreaders of hope din kasi kawawa …
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