OFWs-Conditions

An alliance of overseas Filipino migrants group yesterday asked Congress to conduct an investigation into the alleged involvement of some members of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in the Middle East in human smuggling.

Finnish Immigration Service figures show a rise in work permits for cleaning jobs. Foreign workers are meeting with growing levels of exploitation in Finland. Particularly in the cleaning and household services sectors, many cases of exploitation have the hallmarks of human trafficking.

BEIRUT: Laws protecting the rights of Filipino migrant workers in Lebanon are “on the verge” of being signed, the Philippine ambassador Gilberto Asuque told The Daily Star Wednesday.

Human Rights Watch Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ministers from Asian labour-sending countries meeting in Dhaka this week should together endorse protections for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch, Migrant Forum in Asia, and CARAM Asia said in a briefing paper released today. They should give priority to protecting migrant domestic workers, who are at especially high risk…

MANILA, Philippines—Some 300 overseas Filipino workers who reportedly abandoned their jobs in Madagascar, an island-nation in the Indian Ocean, are not entitled to the one-time financial grant of P10,000 from the government, according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

CEBU, Philippines – Overseas Filipino workers abroad are facing not only opportunities but also threats, a labor diplomat said.

MANILA, Philippines—Last month, Brenda received chilling news from her employer. After being recruited and spending two years as a teacher in the United States, she was told that her temporary working visa was not going to be extended after September 2011. She would have to leave the United States to avoid falling out of status.…

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-five overseas Filipino workers currently jailed in Qatar have been granted amnesty and will soon be freed, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay, the presidential adviser on OFW concerns.

MANILA, Philippines — An undisclosed number of undocumented Filipino migrant workers have opted to stay behind in rebellion-torn Libya, where job prospects are supposedly better than here in the Philippines.

A total of 2,448 abused and distressed Filipino nationals have been repatriated to Manila from Western Saudi Arabia in 2010, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—A congressman who recently visited distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia on Saturday called on the government to immediately repatriate them.

RIYADH: A group of 20 undocumented Filipinos staged a silent protest on Saturday in front of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter.

Domestic workers in the UAE often face abuse and poor conditions, activists say DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) – On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.