The Department of Migrant Workers says the applications of first-time domestic workers bound for Kuwait are suspended pending bilateral talks.
Ranara’s killing is the latest high-profile case of overseas Filipino worker abuse in Kuwait. Arab media reported that she was allegedly raped, impregnated, run over, burnt, and dumped in the desert by the 17-year-old son of her employer. Her body was found in a Kuwaiti desert on January 21.
The undersecretary said that, upon reviewing the department’s data, there were rarely problems encountered for OFWs who have renewed their contracts multiple times. “ The Philippines previously imposed deployment bans to Kuwait for some months in 2018 and 2020, following the tragic deaths of OFWs Joanna Demafelis and Jeanelyn Villavende at the hands of their employers. These were lifted following the establishment of labor reforms that were discussed in bilateral talks, as well as the Kuwaiti government reporting movements in the cases against the perpetrators.
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