The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has promised to assist five Filipina workers facing abuse from an employment agency in Kuwait.
The employment agency locked them together in a room and 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.”
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The five domestic workers were trapped by their yet to be identified employment agency and 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,” a Filipino domestic worker said.
“Gusto na po nilang umuwi kasi pinahihirapan daw sila ng agency. Pinakakain po sila ng sirang pagkain,” Vitan said.
