The Department of Migrant Workers assured that they will continue to follow up the unpaid claims of the thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who used to work in Saudi Arabia.
DMW officer-in-charge Hans Cacdac said that they are hoping to settle the unpaid claims ‘soon’ following the visit of President Bongbong Marcos in Saudi Arabia this month.
“From our talks with our own counterparts there…we were also informed that the Ministry of Finance is on board to take care of the financial matters because this would involve disbursement of funds,” Cacdac said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
He also refused to give a timeline on when the Saudi government will pay the claims.
“It’s just hard to pin down a timeline at this point because the Saudi processes still continue. In principle, we respect the Saudi processes, and at the same time we’ll continue to persist in terms of coordination and follow-ups with the Saudi government,” he added.
Marcos previously said that the Saudi government is processing the claims of thousands of OFWs.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in 2022 that they will allot 2 billion Saudi riyals for the payment of the claims.
