“Ang sabi ng DMW sa akin [the Department of Migrant Workers told me), we send about two or three thousand workers every year who are not household workers, mga skilled workers. So they will be affected,” DFA Usec. Eduardo de Vega told CNN Philippines’ The Source.Representatives from the Philippine government areto meet with their counterparts in the Middle Eastern country to know the reason behind their move, and to hopefully come up with solutions.
De Vega said it was likely that the grounds behind the suspension may be related to a 2018 agreement on the management of a shelter by the Philippine embassy for overseas Filipino workers who have escaped from their abusive employers.According to the DFA, there are around 290,000 Filipinos in the Gulf state.
In February, the DMW halted the deployment of first-time household workers bound for Kuwait until more safeguards are in place for them. The ban was instituted after the horrible death of 35-year-old Filipino household worker Jullebee Ranara in a Kuwaiti desert.
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