A total deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iraq may be enacted by the Philippine government because of worsening political unrest, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Sunday.

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose said the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration are set to issue a resolution that would stop new deployments and prohibit OFWs from returning to Iraq.

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