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DFA: Stop Sending OFWs to Somalia

Posted by: therre

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) proposed that deployment of land and sea-based overseas Filipino workers to Somalia should be ban due to the increasing number of ships being hijacked by pirates in the boundaries of Somalia and Nigeria.

The proposal was made by DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Esteban Conejos Jr. during the inter-agency meeting of DFA with the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), Office of the Vice-President, and the four manning agencies of the Filipino crew hijacked in Somalia.

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