Lawmaker, advocates raise existing OFW distress issues at Cacdac CA hearing

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In his opening statement, Cacdac put first and foremost the Department of Migrant Workers’ “rights-based” approach in assisting OFWs.Ipinagtitibay po namin sa DMW ang aming determinasyon na lalo pang galangin at isulong ang mga karapatang pantao at paggawa ng mga OFWs.

“When I was an active OFW, the OWWA gave us aid. But now that I am inactive, we don’t get anything anymore…. What does that mean? It means that when we are called heroes, we should even be thankful that we are alive heroes, not dead. We need to feel while we are still alive,” he said in a mix of Filipino and English.

has repatriated, on average, 880 distressed OFWs a month, rendering a total of more than 19,000 OFWs repatriated since it was created in July 2022 under his predecessor, the late former DMW secretary Susan “Toots” Ople.SAGIP Representative Rodante Marcoleta also raised the issue of his perceived lack of legal assistance personnel in Saudi Arabia, the top destination country for OFWs and where many abuse cases have been reported.

Marcoleta added that the DMW’s “default” has been to repatriate workers since it put up the ORCC, which may be problematic.

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