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MANILA, Philippines -- More than a thousand distressed overseas Filipino workers remain stranded in the Middle East despite the mass repatriation undertaken by the government on Friday, a migrant workers group said on Sunday.
Migrante-Middle East said the 150 repatriated OFWs accounted only for less than 20 percent of the number of OFWs longing to go home. They have sought shelter in embassies and Philippine labor offices or are still with their abusive and unjust employers.
The 150, who arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), were sent home through contributions from corporate and anonymous donors.
“We welcome the mass repatriation last Friday, but it is long overdue. There are more than a thousand remaining distressed OFWs who are also longing to be back home and reunited with their loved ones,” Migrante-ME regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona said.
Monterona said recruitment agencies should take primary responsibility for the repatriation of distressed OFWs.
