The Department of Migrant Workers said it will continue to provide assistance to stranded Filipino workers, after their flights were canceled on Jan. 1 due to a glitch in the country’s air control system. READ:
January 4, 2023 | 8:39 pmTHE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers on Wednesday said it will continue to provide assistance to stranded Filipino workers, including travel arrangements and contacting employers, after their flights were canceled on Jan. 1 due to a glitch in the country’s air control system.
The DMW has assisted at least 3,000 overseas Filipino Workers who were stranded at different airports across the country, Mr. Cacdac said on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Mr. Cacdac said the DMW is in talks with the Department of Foreign Affairs on the deployment of Filipino workers to India. India is not a signatory to the 1990 United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, DMW Undersecretary Bernard P. Olalia said then.
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