More than one million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could lose their jobs if war breaks out between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran, labor groups warned on Thursday.
The displacement of such a big number of Filipino workers would pose a big challenge to the government because they would add to the 11 million jobless Filipinos in the Philippines, Alan Tanjusay, spokesman for the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-Nagkaisa (TUCP-Nagkaisa), said.
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