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The Committee for Defense and Security of Parliament criticized work of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Youth in military and patriotic education. The Committee’s acting chairwoman Irina Karamushkina was outraged by the report of the Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration and Youth Murat Omuraliyev who failed to report on the work done.

Concerning comments from the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking undermine efforts to combat forced labor issues in the region; members of the Committee, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and undersecretary of FNC Affairs, attempted to discredit the recent report in statements to the National and Gulf News using a number of problematic argument

MANILA - Overstaying Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia will be arrested and deported even during the three-month grace period given by the Saudi government for undocumented foreign workers to legalize their status.

The Philippines is asking the government of Saudi Arabia to waive some of the immigration penalties incurred by hundreds of Filipinos illegally staying in Jeddah, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

Philippine and Taiwanese officials on Friday signed a legal assistance pact that would bolster efforts against crime and protect the rights of both the Taiwanese in the Philippines as well as some 100,000 Filipinos in Taiwan.

Exposed to the searing desert sun, over a thousand undocumented Filipino workers, with limited food, water, and toilet facilities, are now huddling in tents outside the Philippine consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hoping for a means to fly home before a crackdown by the Saudi government lands them in prison.

Philippine Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday allayed fears that Filipino workers would no longer be welcome in Singapore after the city-state imposed limits on foreign workers.

Unrest in the Korean peninsula has not deterred human trafficking syndicates from sending their victims to South Korea as shown by the recent successive apprehensions of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).