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MANILA, Philippines — Efforts to repatriate Filipino migrant workers caught in the middle of a revolutionary wave of anti-government unrest that swept the Middle East and West Africa occupied much of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) attention last year.

The Union Cabinet is likely to take up tomorrow a proposal to set up a fund which will be used to offer insurance cover and pension benefits to overseas Indian workers on their return to the country.

By Joseph Yeh--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) recently-announced visa application requirement for some applicants from four Southeast Asian countries is a form of discriminatory and a serious violation of human rights, a local nongovernmental organization said yesterday.

Remittance inflows hit a decade high of $12.17 billion in the just concluded year, offering the government a much-needed cushion against dwindling foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate volatility.

At least 56 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) over the New Year weekend arrived in the Philippines from Syria amid escalating violence there.

MANILA, Philippines - Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile renewed his call for the creation of crisis centers in Philippine embassies and foreign offices as Filipino workers in Syria face security threats in the war-torn nation.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Already stung by Saudi Arabia´s unexpected refusal to issue visa on handwritten passports, hundreds of Nepali workers, aspiring to work in the Gulf nation, have been left in a lurch as all medical centers recognized by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been indefinitely closed down.

Despite disruptions to labor agreements last year, Indonesians working abroad managed to send home US$6.1 billion in 2011. Some argue that this figure is too small to be ignored, and challenge the government to step up its efforts to protect the safety of its citizens working abroad.