Maugong ang balita sa mga pahayagang Arabic, ang nangyaring pag-uusap sa pagitan ng delegasyon ng Pilipinas at ng Kuwait, tungkol sa pagpapadala muli ng mga Filipina domestic workers sa Kuwait.
Matatandaan na noong Enero 3, 2020, idineklara ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang partial ban sa pagpapadala ng new hired domestic workers sa Kuwait.
Nitong buwan ng Pebrero 2021, may mga paguusap na naganap sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa at ang schedule ng kanilang final meeting ay sa Marso 9, 2021.
Maliban sa pagpapatibay ng kontrata at gagawing mandatory na may liaison officer ang bawat Kuwaiti recruitment agency, isa sa mga kondisyon na dapat mangyayari ay makakauwi ang nasa 200 kasambahay na kasalukuyang stranded sa shelter ng ating embahada.
Napabalita din na ngayong Marso 3, 2021 ang schedule ng flight ng mga stranded na kasambahay mula sa embassy shelter, pauwi sa Pilipinas
(Nasa baba ang ating translation ng Arabic News )
Resolve the return of Filipino domestic workers to the country on March 9th
Khaled Al-Hattab – February 23, 2021
Al-Qabas learned that a meeting was held between Kuwaiti and Filipino domestic workers’s offices today, via “Zoom” Application, which dealt with discussing some pending issues in preparation for the reopening of the recruitment of Filipino domestic workers to the country again next March.
Informed sources said that next March 9 will be decisive for the return of the recruitment of Filipino domestic workers, as representatives of the offices will hold a meeting on the requirements to be applied once the employment returns again, the most prominent of which is related to the presence of a liaison officer between offices and workers to follow the course of contracts and the extent of commitment by employers.
She added that once the mechanism for implementing the new requirements is agreed upon, the door will be opened for new contracts and recruitment from the Philippines in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the “safety” platform and the issuance of new visas from the Ministry of Interior.
The sources indicated that the return of workers to Kuwait will be preceded by the termination of the procedures of some workers who are stranded in Kuwait and want to leave them, after they resorted to their embassy for refusing to work after the end of their contracts, or the sponsors ’failure to pay their monthly financial dues.
She indicated that it is possible for the workers to leave after coordination with the Philippine Labor Office at the embassy, the Department of Domestic Labor and the Ministry of the Interior at the beginning of next March.
Source: https://alqabas.com/article/5839469
Home / Local / Khaled Al-Dakhnan: 200 Filipino workers evacuated March 3
February 24, 2021
Within the framework of the continuous preparations for the resumption of the return of new domestic workers to the country, the Federation of Domestic Workers Recruitment Agencies, headed by Khaled Al Dakhnan, held a lengthy meeting yesterday, through Zoom technology, with leaders of the Ministry of Labor in Manila, the President of the Philippine Federation of Labor Offices, and the Labor Attaché. At the Philippine embassy in the country, during which they discussed several matters and issues related to employment, and the latest developments and developments in the process of resuming the recruitment of new workers.
Al-Dakhnan told Al-Jarida that “the meeting, which came at a high level of attendance, included 4 agents from the Philippine Labor Ministry, and lasted for about 5 hours. It discussed the problem of female workers who are currently at the embassy, and the completion of the procedures for their deportation.”
Al-Dakhnan revealed that it was agreed to set next March 3 as a date for the evacuation of about 200 workers present in the embassy, by plane provided by the Philippines, for their return to their country.
He stressed that the wide cooperation shown by the Public Authority for Manpower, represented by the Department of Organizing the Recruitment of Domestic Workers, with the demands of the Union accelerated the pace of dispatching these workers, indicating that the administration will receive from the embassy the workers who are there in stages, to be deposited in the shelter center until the end.
Among the procedures for their deportation, after making sure that they obtain all their financial rights. He thanked the authority for this serious cooperation that reflects positively on the labor market and speeds up the process of resuming the recruitment of new workers.
Regarding what was recently raised about imposing a financial guarantee for every worker brought from the Philippines, Al-Dakhnan emphasized that this issue was resolved by rejection, stressing that there will be no financial guarantee for the recruitment.
He added that “regarding the resumption of the recruitment of new workers, no date has been set for that, but the matter is imminent, especially with overcoming obstacles and solving the problems that prevent this, among these big problems are the female workers who are stranded in the embassy.”
Ethiopian employment
Regarding the latest developments in the recruitment of Ethiopian workers, Al-Dakhnan explained that there is continuous follow-up by the Union to find out the latest developments in the final signature of the memorandum for the recruitment of this labor, which provides for its validity large sums of money to citizens and residents, stressing that permitting its recruitment will create a balance in the market and solve a large proportion of problems The lack of domestic workers that we currently suffer.