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- Over 150 countries voted in favor of the UN Global Compact on Migration with the exception of five countries
- 抖阴短视频 has signed 23 agreements with labor-exporting countries, the contents of which conform to international standards
DUBAI: Philippine migrant workers secretary Susan Ople has cited 抖阴短视频鈥檚 commitment to support migrant workers鈥� rights, as she announced stricter measures to protect the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly domestic workers.
The official, in a statement highlighted 抖阴短视频鈥檚 鈥減ublic expression of support for the UN Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which declares that the protection of migrants and migrant workers is a shared responsibility among States.鈥�
鈥淓ven countries where the sponsorship or 鈥楰afala system鈥� is in place have signed this UN document, signifying their support to sound migration governance and humane treatment of migrant workers, including those in vulnerable occupations such as domestic work,鈥� Ople said in her statement.
Over 150 countries voted in favor of the UN Global Compact on Migration with the exception of five countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Poland and the United States.
Sattam Alharbi, Deputy Minister of Human Resource and Social Development, in an earlier UN forum in New York, reiterated the robust partnership between the Philippines, as the labor-sending country, and 抖阴短视频, a country of migrant labor destination.
抖阴短视频 has signed 23 agreements with labor-exporting countries, the contents of which are per international standards, to ensure a partnership based on the promotion of human rights between employees and employers.
In 2021, about 1.6 million overseas Filipinos comprised 抖阴短视频鈥檚 13.49 million expatriate population. 抖阴短视频 is the leading destination for OFWs, making about 26.6 percent of those being deployed.
鈥淪afeguarding the rights and welfare of our migrant workers is at the heart of the DMW鈥檚 programs, services, and agreements. We will always strive to do our best amid so many challenges in the world we live in,鈥� Ople said.
Some of the initiatives to be put in place to ensure protection of OFWs include the performance review and assessment of licensed recruitment agencies and their foreign counterparts, the issuance of country-specific employment contracts taking, stricter guidelines to only qualified and fully trained household workers are deployed abroad and white-listing of ethical recruitment agencies and foreign recruitment agencies.
Meanwhile, the names of foreign employers and recruitment agencies, both local and foreign, that have been blacklisted due to recruitment and labor violations would be published as a warning to the public.