DMW lauds UK court ruling on diplomatic immunity in modern slavery cases

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An overseas Filipino worker has her temperature taken prior to checking in at the counters of the NAIA-1 departure area yesterday(May 29, 2021).

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers welcomed Friday the ruling of the United Kingdom Supreme Court that diplomats who exploit domestic workers in condition of modern slavery cannot claim immunity.

 

In a landmark ruling, Britain’s highest court ruled that a Saudi Arabian diplomat may face charges for breaching the contract of Filipino domestic worker Josephine Wong and for being complicit in a modern slavery case.

 

Wong filed a claim against her former employer Khalid Basfar at the UK employment tribunal after she was unpaid for most of her services while she was subjected to “degrading and offensive treatment” for two years before her escape in May 2018.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/08/2193983/dmw-lauds-uk-court-ruling-diplomatic-immunity-modern-slavery-cases

 

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