MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine embassy in Kuwait has “extracted” a distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from a Kuwaiti home. The discovery of Demafelis’ body prompted President Duterte to ban the deployment of migrant workers to Kuwait. The Philippine government prohibited last week all deployment of Filipino migrant workers to Kuwait following the violent death of Filipina domestic worker Jeanalyn Villavende there. The agreement was forged after the Philippines imposed a total deployment ban following the death of Demafelis. The newly imposed total deployment ban covers household service workers (HSWs), semi-skilled and skilled workers as well as professionals, including Filipino seafarers.

Source: Philippine Star January 19, 2020 15:56 UTC