Manila, May 31 -- Close to 100,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are stranded in various parts of the world, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported Sunday.
Based on the report from the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) in 40 foreign posts, there are a total of 98,615 stranded workers as of Friday (May 29).
In a news release, the DOLE command center in Manila reported that the OFWs are either affected by lockdowns in their respective host countries due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, those distressed seeking to be repatriated or those whose work contracts have expired but cannot return to the Philippines due to the absence of commercial flights.
Majority of the stranded OFWs are in the Middl...