While domestic worker abuse is rampant across the Middle East, a popular destination for OFWs, certain deaths of OFWs in Kuwait from before have triggered diplomatic action between the Philippines and Kuwait.
law and Sharia as the accused assaulted her Filipino employee for days and imprisoned her in a room until her death. To my brother, the Kuwait Ambassador to the PH, I owe you a debt of blood gratitude. My thanks and that of my nation and people is eternal.What was in the 2018 MOA that Kuwait reportedly kept violating? These are the salient features of the agreement:
Employers who have records of contract violations or abuse will be disqualified from recruiting workers. Filipino workers will have access to services of Kuwait’s Department of Domestic Labor to settle disputes.
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