An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who has been seeking assistance for
repatriation from the Philippine government since 2011 after he was
diagnosed with ulcer died Wednesday last week inside the consulate in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Raul Hernandez said
repatriation is now being arranged for the Filipino who was identified
by migrant rights watchdog Migrante as Danilo Grefadilyo of Sorsogon.
Hernandez said the OFW was last seen resting alone in one of the benches
of the consulate on April 3, long before undocumented Filipinos began
camping out near the consulate.
Grefadilyo, who appeared sick and weak, told consulate officials that
he has not eaten for several days due to digestion problems and that
“the food he eats was being rejected by his stomach, said Hernandez.
(Roy C. Mabasa)
source: TEMPO
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