21.   Although overseas workers cannot vote, their families back home can.

22.   Among Filipinos, most overseas workers a decade ago were men who labored at construction sites in the Middle East or as crewmen aboard ships.

23.   And we will still have to contend with returning overseas workers to add to our unemployment.

24.   An earlier report by the group said the government ignores the plight of Egyptian workers overseas to avoid adversely affecting relations with other Arab states.

25.   And once again, overseas workers have come to the rescue of their government and countries.

26.   As the economies of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia slow down, contracts of most overseas workers, Filipinos included, may not be renewed.

27.   By The Associated Press Officially documented overseas workers leaving their country each year.

28.   Conducting more entrepreneurial training for returning overseas Filipino workers or OFWs should also be doneto provide jobs to displaced workers.

29.   Critics have accused the government of failing to defend rights of overseas workers.

30.   Domingo Siazon, the current secretary of foreign affairs, said Estrada will travel less and focus more on improving the plight of Filipino overseas workers.