Manila, May 25 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has intensified monitoring and assistance for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and seafarers facing security, health, and labor-related risks abroad.

During the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, chaired by Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac detailed the agency's actions on Filipino seafarers injured in a drone attack in the Persian Gulf, those quarantined in the Netherlands due to a hantavirus scare, and Filipino workers being monitored amid an Ebola outbreak in Africa.

Cacdac said the seven Filipino seafarers injured in the recent drone attack are not in life-threatening condition, with four already repatriated and three still ...