Overstaying OFW inmates in Saudi seek assistance
11/21/2011Although that they had already served their respective jail terms, they are still staying in jail instead of being free and spend their Christmas back in the Philippines with their loved ones.
This was the sentiment of about 20 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were incarcerated in a Saudi jail after being convicted of various petty crimes.
They are now seeking assistance from Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), a Filipino migrants’ rights group which is tasked to help distressed, abused and jailed OFWs.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111121nat3.html
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grabe. imbes na pamahalaan ang mag.expedite ng pagpapauwi ng mga ofws natin. susmeyong mga hyp na dilaw ito.
"They are now seeking assistance from Migrante-Middle East (M-ME), a Filipino migrants’ rights group which is tasked to help distressed, abused and jailed OFWs.
"M-ME regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona said yesterday he received a call from OFW Regoberto Gaspar, an inmate in Al-Hafer jail in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, asking for assistance to follow up his and his fellow OFW inmate cases as he claimed that they had already completed their respective jail terms."
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