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MANILA, Philippines — A group of 23 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Lebanon, almost all of whom have defied the deployment ban last December 24, were recently repatriated, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported.

MANILA, Philippines — At least 790,000 jobs are up for grabs for Filipino nurses and construction workers in Australia in the next 20 years, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said Friday.

The government will start fingerprinting foreigners next year as part of its efforts to strengthen border control, with workers from four Southeast Asian countries to be affected first.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) awarded educational scholarships worth an unprecedented Rs. 34.1 million to migrant worker children during 2011, chairman Kingsley Ranawaka said.

Manila, Philippines – The government barred 53,000 undocumented Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from leaving the country from January to November this year, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said yesterday.

The South Korean government decided to increase next year’s quota for foreign workers by 19 percent, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Thursday.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is eyeing job opportunities in Australia in 2012 for nurses and skilled workers.

Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will begin rating some foreign immigrants with a point system next year that gives visa preference to those with higher education and skill levels, the Mainichi newspaper reported.