An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive...

An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive in coffins while others are awaiting beheading in the Middle East.
Senator Loren Legarda cited the grim statistics as she asked the government to give an accurate account of manpower development so better laws can be made for their benefit.
"With the countless sad stories we hear-from household helpers being raped by their foreign employers to Filipino workers languishing in jail for crimes they claim they did not commit-I think it's high time that we assess the effectiveness of the Migrant Act of 1995," Legarda said.
The statistics in question came from Migrante-International, an organization that espouses labour concerns.
According to the group, 36 Filipinos in Saudi Arabia and six in Malaysia are in prison facing the death penalty, while 44 domestic helpers have been sexually assaulted in Hong Kong.