Published on Nov 2, 2011
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MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines said on Wednesday it had banned Filipinos from travelling to work in 41 countries and territories that had allegedly failed to provide enough safeguards to protect them from abuse.
The Department of Labour and Employment in a board resolution posted on its website said the blacklisted countries failed to sign international conventions protecting foreign workers.
Neither have these countries signed bilateral agreements with the Philippines 'on the protection of the rights of overseas Filipino workers,' the resolution said.
They also do not have their own laws protecting foreign workers, the resolution added. Included in the list were strife-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Chad and Pakistan. It was not clear how the deployment ban could affect the country's economy.
