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De Lima reiterates proposal for deployment of rights attachés to protect OFWs from abuses of foreign employers

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, July 6, reiterated her proposal for the deployment of human rights attachés to countries where Overseas Filipino Workers were “most vulnerable in the hands of foreign employers.” In making the suggestion, De Lima,  chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, noted  reports on the abuse of OFWs, including a Filipina working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who committed suicide after her employer’s son reportedly made sexual […]