Saturday, August 06, 2016

Philippines to rescue stranded unemployed labourers in Saudi Arabia...

The Philippines said it will send government missions to Saudi Arabia next week to help thousands of jobless Filipinos left stranded across the kingdom after the plunge in oil prices.

The first batch of officials would fly to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday "to provide immediate humanitarian, legal, and other consular assistance to the overseas Filipino workers stranded in work camps across Saudi Arabia", a foreign department statement said.

The immediate target is to bring aid to "those without food and in dire need of medical care and other support services", it added.

"A high-level delegation of senior Philippine government officials will also be sent soonest to negotiate immediate and long-term solutions with counterparts in the Saudi government," the statement said. Full story...

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