Philippines' Duterte says Kuwait work ban 'permanent'

Philippines' Duterte says Kuwait work ban 'permanent' https://ift.tt/2jeSMbA April 30, 2018 at 12:20AM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/1UaOSLt

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer's freezer. The resulting row deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers.

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