Sunday, March 25, 2007

In Jordan: 200 OFWs Stranded

(Sunday, March 25) - A women's group has called for the immediate repatriation of 200 female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in a Philippine-run shelter in Jordan, TV Patrol Sabado has reported. Gabriela party-list group said the Filipino workers were domestic helpers who escaped from their employers due to maltreatment. The group said the female OFWs sought refuge in a shelter run by the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Jordan. (ABS-CBN)

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