‘Decreased budget for OFWs shows Marcos Jr. insincerity to provide due services, programs’
‘Decreased budget for OFWs shows Marcos Jr. insincerity to provide due services, programs’
For Migrante International, the Marcos Jr. administration is treating OFWs as milking cows.
November 15, 2023
By Nica Hernaez
MANILA – A migrant rights group assailed the passing of the 2024 national budget that has a lower budget for services for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
In a statement, Migrante International said that the proposed national budget approved by the lower house “starkly illustrates how the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration treats OFWs: as milking cows of remittances for the country’s fledgling economy and as slaves not worthy of services and protection.
On Sept. 18, the Senate finance committee approved the proposed P15.54-billion (US$1 = P56.14) budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. This is lower than its P16.94 billion allocation last year.
On Nov. 4, the House handed the budget to the Senate.
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