Key Points 5. The Workers treatment can of Overseas be dire. A number particularly women, reported Filipino of OFWs, instances of abuse, poor working conditions, bullying, unpaid salaries, and the threat of rape and sexual assault. In 2017, the DFA reported 73 Filipinos on death row abroad. In light of the systemic exploitation of OFW rights, the fairness of these sentences comes into question. Implementation of a death penalty in response to drug-related crime is likely to create significant barriers to the use of international law enforcement mechanisms. Ve Photo by Eryka Raton | uns‘*&&'h.com Photo 6. Migrant workers are also more likely to be executed due to lack of support, lack of language and cultural knowledge, lack of rights in a foreign system, problems navigating the justice system, and they are less likely to be pardoned. Many of them have also been found to be victims of human trafficking, exploited to work as drug mules. by Ina Carolino | unslpash.com Instead of restoring the death penalty, the Philippines should ensure that those who commit crimes are prosecuted and held 7. The case Indonesian presented: studies of five OFWs and one migrant worker, were Jennifer Dalquez; Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Elizabeth Batain; Mary Jane Zaini Misrin. Credo, Veloso; Sally and and accountable.