Saudi Arabia Expats appealing for urgent assistance

MANILA – Eighty nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), along with other Asian workers staged a work stoppage to protest the unfair labor practices of their employer, Al Swayeh Company in Saudi Arabia. The OFWs sought the help of the Philippine embassy in Saudi Arabia in repatriating them to the Philippines but to no avail.
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Chairman of the Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan (Brotherhood in the Middle East) said the 89 OFWs were maltreated by their employer. The OFWs also sent an urgent appeal to Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan because they are now running out of food and money. The 89 OFWs are staying in a camp in Saudi Arabia.
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Jocson visited the OFWs in their camp where they are now staying together with other nationalities also working for Al Swayeh. Jocson said the OFWs are very hungry and some are getting sick.
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