Philippines halts deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia


  • World
  • Friday, 28 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) wearing protective masks standby outside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia after it received reports that their employers and recruiters were making them pay for COVID-19 testing, quarantine and insurance upon arrival in the kingdom.

Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello said in a May 27 order that his department will issue an official statement on resumption of deployment "after this matter has been clarified accordingly".

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