Report: 1 of 2 escaped OFWs returning from Jordan Sunday

One of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who escaped from their employers in Jordan is due to return home this Sunday.

Melith Ante, 27, is due to arrive with other OFWs on Sunday, her mother Berlita said in an article on news site Visayan Daily Star Friday.

But Melith's sister Lenen, 25, is reportedly still en route to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Amman, Jordan, Mrs. Ante said.

She said Lenen was rescued on Oct. 4 and was admitted to a hospital for a checkup.

The elder Ante called anew for justice and settlement for the moral and financial damages her daughters incurred during their ordeal.

Melith escaped from her employer after an attempted rape, and sought help at the Mactav Recruiting Manpower Domestic Worker.

She stayed there for two days without food and was taken into custody by the Philippine Embassy.

Mrs. Ante said her daughters were recruited for janitorial jobs by a friend who worked in a city government.

Berlita said she was asked to pay P11,000 but received no receipt last July.

She said she was surprised when her daughters called her the day after they arrived in Aqaba, Jordan, telling her that they were forced to work as domestic helpers.

After two months, they still received no salaries and their cellular phones were confiscated by their employers, she added.

Mrs. Ante also warned applicants for work abroad to avoid a recruitment agency with offices along Genral Malvar Street, Malate, Metro Manila.

She said the agency is not registered with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

“This is why we are calling concerned government agencies to take immediate action to prevent more victims and further damage to take place," said Larry Occeña, Migrante-Negros chairman. — LBG, GMANews.TV

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