24 out of 62 OFWs on death row saved - DFA

MANILA, Philippines - The government had already saved 24 of the 62 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) currently on death row in other countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

In a report submitted to Malacañang, Foreign Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Esteban Conejos Jr said that 11 of these 24 OFWs had already been released and repatriated back to the Philippines.

Conejos said the 62 cases span the period from January 2006 to June 2008, of which 30 are active death penalty cases currently in various stages of appeal, while the remaining eight were potential death penalty cases that the Philippine government is closely monitoring and assisting.

In the same report, the DFA revealed that a total of 252 OFWs had also received legal assistance during the same period, while 254 others had been involved in human trafficking cases.

The department also reported that 7,712 OFWs worldwide had also sought various kinds of aid like shipment of remains and medical assistance from the several Philippine embassies and consul office abroad.

The DFA also reported that in 2006, they have helped repatriate back to the country some 11,000 OFWs from Lebanon; 228 from Kazakhstan and 90 from Timor Leste following on war, civil unrest and labor disputes in the said countries.

The government also helped in securing the release of 147 land and sea-based OFWs included in various hostage-takings, kidnappings and other emergency situations in other countries, very recently in Nigeria and Somalia. - GMANews.TV

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