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Philippine domestic workers to Emirates after Kuwait dispute
11-5-2018
A group of private Filipino recruiting agencies appealed to their government to approve sending national household service workers (HSW) to the UAE following the dispute with Kuwait. Dolly Oanang from the Philippine workforce agencies said the Emirates is a good alternative market to replace Kuwait, noting similarity of working conditions between the two Arab states, which expedites workers’ transition. For his part, Jacinto Barras, the undersecretary of the ministry of foreign trade, braced the idea of opening the UAE market to HSW agencies. To recall, the standoff between Philippine and Kuwait has intensified after President Duterte banned the deployment of Filipinos in Kuwait and asked his nationals to leave the Gulf state within 72 hours, extending free return tickets for that purpose. The row erupted following the murder of a Filipino domestic worker whose body was found stuffed in a freezer inside the apartment of expatriate employers in Kuwait. And despite the announcement by Kuwaiti authorities of the arrest of the murderer, the crisis re-ignited between the two countries over videos which went viral on social media showing Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employees in cars with diplomatic plates after complaints of abuse. (Al Diyar, May 8, 2018)
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