1.   Another thing for minors and their employers to consider are strict laws governing underage workers.

2.   It also screens work permits for underage workers.

3.   Philippine Embassy officials earlier blamed unscrupulous job agents for sending underage workers to the Gulf and the Middle East, mainly as domestic help.

4.   Even the official number of two million underage workers is probably low, as it does not count children working in the fields.

5.   The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has launched a campaign against child labour, calling for a world boycott of products made by underage workers.