Over 900 Filipinos who violated their conditions of stay in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been repatriated back to the Philippines since June 2011, Vice President Jejomar Binay said.
Nine-hundred one Filipinos have been sent back home following his visit to the two Middle East countries. In Kuwait, 111 female overseas Filipinos who have sought refuge at the Philippine Overseas Labour Office(Polo)-Owwa Filipino Workers Resource Centre have been repatriated through the Vice President’s intervention. About 790 Filipinos stranded for years at the Hajj Seaport Terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were also sent home.
“Many of our kababayans (countrymen) facing difficulties abroad are clamouring for government to help them return home, so we are continuing our efforts to reunite then with their families,” says Binay, the country’s Presidential adviser on overseas workers affairs.
For various reasons — including absconding from employers and terminated from work — OFWs have been unable to return to the Philippines through legal means. With assistance from the government, through Mr Binay, overseas Filipinos were provided help on travel documentation and discounted air tickets.
Binay said he is exploring various means to bring OFWs while encouraging the private sector to help in the repatriation. There are currently 994 Filipino migrant workers stranded worldwide as of August this year, according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
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