'We presume that this is diplomatic pressure' for the Philippine government to lift the suspension on the deployment of domestic workers to the Gulf state, says Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega.
“We imposed the ban because of the heinous crime committed against our. Now the Kuwaitis are saying, ‘Well, in that case, we won’t hire any workers.’ And that’s not really a surprise. In other words, the timing was a surprise that they issued this. But that action, not really,” said De Vega.cited Kuwaiti authorities who alleged that the Philippines was not compliant with implementing provisions of their bilateral labor agreement.
De Vega said the second issue was that whenever workers complain of abuse, Philippine authorities tap the foreign recruitment agency to step in. “They said that that is not applicable under Kuwaiti law. So there are these issues, they are not clearly defined in the agreement if whether these are violations or not.”, and tapping recruitment agencies to check on possible abuse is a standard practice.
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