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The Philippine government on Wednesday said the tension with Taiwan is already defusing, with Filipino investigators wrapping up their probe on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.

Overseas job packages which often lure Filipinos to work abroad are facing stiff competition as the Philippines is experiencing a reverse migration, with many workers convinced to stay at home as the country begins to offer more lucrative job packages.

The government has always been keen to export labor since it meant providing jobs for more people, jobs that could not be generated at home, but a failure to properly manage the system is coming home to roost.

The Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh and its consulate in Jeddah have registered 13,000 illegal Pakistani workers seeking repatriation or rectification of their status before the grace period ends on July 3.

Chaos prevailed yesterday across deportation centers in Jeddah as expatriates rush to register for repatriation. Thousands returned unsuccessfully after waiting the entire day to scan their fingerprints.

The three-month grace period for illegal workers to rectify their legal status has inadvertently turned many foreign missions into recruitment offices.

Not all Filipinos are being harassed or abused by locals in Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters on May 9.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) suspended the permits of least 238 recruitment agencies for not issuing receipts to prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).