Saudi-based OFWs stranded for 5 years seek legal assistance
Saudi-based OFWs stranded for 5 years seek legal assistance
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – “We try to laugh it off.”
This is how overseas Filipino worker Rolando Matias described their situation now in a housing facility owned by their previous employer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They have been living there since 2016, surviving on scant donations and whatever menial jobs they can get.
Nevertheless, he still manages to smile during an online interview with Bulatlat. Aside from the horrors they have to deal with in a foreign country, they also have to endure the Philippine government that has yet to act firmly on their case.
Matias, 61, is one of the more than 300 migrant workers abandoned by their metal works employer in 2016. They are also among the thousands of OFWs stranded in Saudi Arabia.
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