Ex-labor exec calls for 'safer, rights-based markets' for OFWs

Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv MANILA - The Philippine government should find other employment options for Filipino workers who are going to be affected by the total deployment ban in Kuwait.

"There is basis for us to react this way. But there is also a concern of the affected workers that government should address by way of looking for alternative means of employment and livelihood for them while the deployment ban is in place," said Susan Ople, president of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and a former labor undersecretary.

Kuwait had reported that Villavende died due to “trauma and bruises all over her body.” However, an autopsy by the National Bureau of Investigation showed that the OFW was sexually abused and tortured. Duterte wants the Philippines to stop sending its people to the Gulf state, including skilled workers, until Kuwait honors provisions of a 2018 deal to provide better protection for Filipino migrant workers there.

"The agreement is already there and it has been in effect since 2018. The fact that it took another painful and tragic and horrendous death of an OFW to revive the talks regarding the full implementation of that agreement already speaks volumes of the political will especially on the Kuwait side," Ople pointed out.

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