{"id":199030,"date":"2019-01-23T21:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T02:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199030"},"modified":"2019-01-23T21:59:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T02:59:05","slug":"poea-ready-to-help-ofws-affected-by-us-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/23\/poea-ready-to-help-ofws-affected-by-us-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"POEA ready to help OFWs affected by US ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWe will try to assist these OFWs in finding employment in other markets abroad. We will remind our OFWs who are on-process that they cannot be deployed there yet due to the ban,\u201d POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said in a television interview. (File Photo<\/a>:
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Wednesday assured it is ready to assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be affected by the United States government’s decision to impose a ban on the issuance of temporary work visas for Filipinos.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will try to assist these OFWs in finding employment in other markets abroad. We will remind our OFWs who are on-process that they cannot be deployed there yet due to the ban,\u201d POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said in a television interview.<\/p>\n

Olalia noted that they are now coordinating with other concerned government agencies regarding the possibility of appealing the order.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will work with the other agencies, like the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs), on how to address this issue,\u201d the POEA head said.<\/p>\n

In a notice issued last week, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a ban on the issuance of temporary work visas for Filipinos seeking agricultural and non-agricultural jobs there from January 19, 2019 until January 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

The DHS cited a high rate of overstaying Filipinos in the US and concerns over the “high volume of trafficking victims” from the Philippines who were originally issued H-2B visas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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