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MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has promised to assist five Filipino domestic workers who have been asking for help after their employment agency locked them together in a room.

 

In a video aired by ABS-CBN’s “TeleRadyo” on Monday morning, the women showed what looks to be a small room, showing the only area where they can access the internet. John Michael Vitan, partner of domestic worker Jhoan Singh, in an interview, said the five domestic workers were trapped by their yet to be identified employment agency and that one of them is two months pregnant. 

 

"Tinanggal nila yung contact sa pamilya namin. Pinagkukuha nila pati cellphone pinag-aano, pati cellphone binasag… ‘yung dalawa binugbog po, pinagmumura, tinatakot po kami dito. Kailangan po namin ng tulong," one of the Filipino domestic workers said in the video.

 

(They removed all access to contact our families. They took away our cellphone, they even destroyed one of the phones… two of us suffered physical and verbal abuse, they are trying to scare here us here. We need help.)

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/06/20/2189691/5-filipina-workers-kuwait-call-help-over-reported-abuse-employment-agency

 

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This happens a lot, I am always shocked when someone tells me they're thinking about doing migrant work overseas, it's usually advertised as an amazing opportunity until you get there and things take a turn for the worse.

 

Really sad.