Most OFWs from Iraq victims of trafficking

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Jan 17, 2020 12:16 am

MOST of the 13 Filipinos repatriated recently from Iraq were victims of human trafficking, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.

Foreign Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs Sarah Lou Y. Arriola welcomed today 13 distressed Filipinos from Iraq. As DFA raised Alert Level 4 and started the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq, Usec Arriola vowed that DFA, through OUMWA and PH Embassy in Baghdad, will continue to bring home Filipinos amidst increasing tensions in the Middle East. Photo By Department of Foreign Affairs

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