Foreign Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Arriola said the overstaying Filipinos were qualified for repatriation. Abuse by employersThe Philippines suspended sending workers to Kuwait last month after reports that abuse by employers had driven several migrants to suicide. That’s under consideration now.”Malacañang said last week that Mr. Duterte would travel to Kuwait to see for himself the situation of Filipino migrant workers there. Twenty-four migrant workers returned from Kuwait on Sunday, followed by 377 on Monday. The DFA said the migrants being repatriated were overstaying workers who had accepted amnesty arranged by the Philippine government with the government of Kuwait last month.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 12, 2018 23:15 UTC