The Philippine Parliament has issued a directive to stop the deployment of Filipino domestic service workers to countries that impose a sponsorship system, citing GCC states such as Kuwait and other Middle Eastern countries.

Senator Ravi Tolvo, chairman of the new Philippine Senate Committee on Migrant Employment, held a discussion after reviewing the report on cases of abuse of domestic service workers. According to the report, Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait and other neighboring countries complained of being harassed, physically and mentally abused and their salaries withheld.