Budget Cut on Legal Assistance for OFWs, Illegal – Migrante

Budget Cut on Legal Assistance for OFWs, Illegal – Migrante

MANILA — An overseas Filipino workers alliance called on the House of Representatives to oppose Malacanang’s proposal to slash by half the budget for legal assistance to OFWs in distress.

“It seems that OFWs can no longer rely on (President Benigno S. Aquino III),” Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez said, “If we are taking the right path, why then would OFWs need to suffer in return?”

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