Economy
The high cost of visiting home: Filipino workers’ dilemma in Lebanon
With Middle East conflict raising security risks, some migrants fear leaving will cost them their jobs Filipino migrant workers share a meal during a weekly gathering on their day off in Beirut, Lebanon. For some, the community of fellow workers has become a substitute for family after years away from home. (Photo by Kanika Gupta) BEIRUT -- The Philippines has built one of Asia's most comprehensive systems for protecting migrant workers. Yet as conflict heightened security risks in Lebanon this year, some Filipinos chose not to return home, fearing the same protections could prevent them from returning to their jobs abroad.
