Social workers debriefing Pinoy deportees from Malaysia —DSWD Sec. Orogo



Published September 8, 2018 11:27am
Updated September 8, 2018 11:31am

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Virginia Orogo on Saturday said social workers have been assisting undocumented Filipino workers upon their arrival from Malaysia.
"Ang DSWD [Department of Social Welfare and Development] nag-aabang sa Pilipinas para maproseso sila. Ike-case study para malaman kung saan sila pupunta, ano 'yung mga family nila, 'yung kahihinatnan nila," Orogo said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
They are given fare so they can go home to their families. "Kung kailangan nilang magtrabaho o negosyo, inaalalayan sila ng social workers. Upon arrival po 'yan (stress debriefing). Sa airport mismo, kinakausap ng social worker natin," she said.
Orogo said the Department of Foreign Affairs is assisting the undocumented workers in Malaysia. 
The Department of Labor and Employment is also helping the deported workers since the assumption is they went to Malaysia to seek employment.


At least 203 undocumented Filipinos workers from Malaysia arrived at the port in Zamboanga City on Thursday.
The group is the third batch of workers who availed of the amnesty program offered by the Malaysian government crackdown on illegal migrants.
Orogo said there are an estimated 400,000 undocumented Filipino workers in Malaysia but it is still being determined if all of them will be granted amnesty by the Malaysian government.
She said the Philippine Embassy has helped process the immigration papers of 5,844 undocumented workers in Malaysia.

Orogo added that they need more social workers to assist the arriving undocumented workers. —KG, GMA News



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