Baldoz orders OWWA and POEA to fast track repatriation of OFWs in Egypt

LABOR and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz on Thursday ordered the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to work together on the immediate and fast repatriation of all OFWs in civil strife-torn Egypt.

Baldoz's directive follows the decision of the Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, of which she is Chairman, to impose a ban in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Egypt which recently has been wracked by political instability and mass protests that pose security risks for OFWs.