Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Philippine Embassy in Amman repatriated 25 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Amman, Jordan on Friday, July 15.

Present to welcome the OFWs were Special Assistant Atty. Enrico Fos and Legal Officer Atty. Emily Villanueva from the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA), together with representatives from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

The repatriated OFWs, all women, left their employers for alleged abuse and maltreatment and non-payment of their overtime services. They stayed at the Filipino Workers Resource Center where they were provided shelter, food and proper assistance while waiting for their exit visas to be processed.

The Embassy negotiated and made representations with the Jordanian government for the early resolution of the OFWs' cases and for the immediate processing of their exit visas.

The DFA likewise paid for the plane tickets of these Filipino repatriates.

*Philippine's Department of Foreign Affairs