Philippines has postponed sending workers to Qatar

Manila has issued the suspension after the announcement of severance of the seven countries, including Saudi Arabia, to Qatar.
There are more than 2 million Filipinee workers in the Middle East. Among them, Saudi Arabia employs nearly one million workers. And in Qatar, there are more than 1.40 million. As the Central Bank of the Philippines last year, $ 26.9 billion was foreign remittance, which is 10 percent of the country's total domestic production.Philippine Labor Minister Silverstar Belo said in a statement on Tuesday that "there is a lot of rumors along with such remarks that there is no good". "The ban will continue until the situation in the Middle East is fully assessed," he said.