Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

December 15, 2021 Dear Mr. Juanito Anot, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 15, 2021 11:40:25 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for data on the Number of Maltreatment/ Mistreatment for Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Anot we would like to assist you complete your research undertaking. However, if you want the correct and real numbers of all maltreated OFWs at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it is the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) that have the complete data. Moreover, check with the OUMWA the definition used since we have separate data for maltreated and mistreated workers. As per procedure at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office-OWWA which is under the Philipine Embassy, the POLO-OWWA submits to the Assistance to Nationals (ATN) of the Phil. Embassy the cases that they handle. The report is consolidated by the ATN with their own cases handled and forwarded to the Dept. of Foreign Affairs-OUMWA on a monthly basis. Hence, the OWWA can give you numbers on the number of cases they directly assisted in providing welfare services, medical support and repatriation. The ATN handles the representation of the Filipino national in criminal and immigration courts. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, ATTY. EDELYN D. CLAUSTRO Director IV- Administrative and Financial Management Office OWWA-FOI Decision Maker