Kuwait has condemned the Philippine government’s ban on deployments of overseas Filipino workers to the country.
Kuwait Times reports that, on Tuesday, Kuwait’s foreign minister, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, branded the Philippine government’s total ban on OFWs in Kuwait an “escalation” of the ongoing dispute between the countries and said it would not serve relations well.
“We condemn the statements of the Philippine president, especially since we are in contact with the Philippines at the highest level to fully explain the state of the Filipino workforce in Kuwait,” Al-Sabah said.
He added that the majority of Filipinos in Kuwait live a decent life. “Separate accidents unfortunately happen, and we are providing our Filipino counterparts with the results of the investigations,” he said.
Last month, the Philippine government suspended the deployment of new Filipino workers to Kuwait amid several cases of abuse and multiple deaths. President Rodrigo Duterte said he would consider imposing a total ban on OFWs in Kuwait if another Filipina domestic worker was raped or died.
On February 8, a Filipina domestic worker’s body was discovered by Kuwaiti police in a freezer in an apartment. This prompted the Philippine government to issue a total ban on workers and to repatriate all Filipinos from Kuwait.
Wow instead of them being condemned bcos of what they did or is doing to OFWs they have the guts to condemn the country of their victims
Parehong may pagkukulang Ang Pinas at Kuwait sa mga pangyayari dyn na nging sanhi ng ban NG mga manggagawa dyn.sa Kuwait .nging mpakaluwag NG.mga batas sa ating bansa sa deployment NG mga ofw dyn Lalo na Ang mga DH Kya nmn Ang bansang kuwait ganon n lng Ang mga pang aabuso Ang ginagawa nila lalot pag nalaman nila na walang ginagawang mabuti Ang mga embahada dyn saka lng kikilos pg may namatay na at inabuso .Kya Tama lng Ang hinawa ny pangulo.sa ganitong paraan magigising Ang parihong bansa pra mTugunan Ang mga bagay na ikakabuti ng ating mga OFW di lng sa Kuwait Kong di sa boong mundo.
it is called arab arrogance!