A congressman has filed a bill seeking a compulsory welfare insurance program for all overseas Filipino workers that would protect and ensure their well-being amid numerous reports of maltreatment and exploitation suffered by the country's migrant workers.
House Bill 5621 filed by Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez proposes that all OFWs should be covered by a welfare insurance program in addition to the benefits being provided for by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
He said the more than one million OFWs stand to benefit from his proposal once it is enacted into law, citing that the number of OFWs has increased almost 25 fold over the past 20 years with nearly 1.2 million registered deployments to over 190 countries in 2006 alone. Read more
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