DOLE exec: Deployment ban on 41 countries temporary

- Pinoy Abroad - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News:

"ROSE-AN JESSICA DIOQUINO, GMA News
11/03/2011 | 12 NN

After the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) announced a deployment ban in 41 countries, a Labor official on Thursday said the ban may only be temporary.

In an interview with anchor Howie Severino on “News To Go," Communications Office Director Nicon Fameronag of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the ban will not be permanent.

The POEA's Governing Board released two board resolutions on Wednesday— one that approves OFW deployment to 49 countries and another that bans overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 41 nations.
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41 countries covered by the OFW deployment ban

Name of country and number of OFWs based on the POEA Compendium of OFW Statistics (2010)

1. Afghanistan (21)
2. Antigua and Barbuda (10)
3. Barbados (21)
4. Cambodia (1,499)
5. Cayman Islands (929)
6. Chad (807)
7. Croatia (33)
8. Cuba (555)
9. North Korea - N/A (combined with S. Korea 11,697)
10. Dominica - N/A
11. East Timor/Timor Leste (1,208)
12. Eritrea (26)
13. Haiti (153)
14. India (842)
15. Iraq (N/A)
16. Kyrgyzstan (25)
17. Lebanon (1,327)
18. Lesotho (43)
19. Libya (11,604)
20. Mali (145)
21. Mauritania (67)
22. Montenegro (5)
23. Mozambique (566)
24. Nauru (10)
25. Nepal (10)
26. Niger (N/A)
27. Pakistan (383)
28. Palestine (N/A)
29. Serbia (3)
30. St. Kitts and Nevis (4)
31. St. Lucia (3)
32. St. Vincent & the Grenadines (8)
33. Sudan (1,441)
34. Swaziland (49)
35. Tajikistan (N/A)
36. Tonga (6)
37. Turks and Caicos (74)
38. Tuvalu (N/A)
39. US Virgin Islands (82)
40. Vanuatu (39)
41. Zimbabwe (19)

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