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Far From Home: Migrant workers from Philippines, Indonesia chase higher wages abroad, but at what cost?
SAN ISIDRO, PHILIPPINES/KUNIRAN, INDONESIA: When Madam Gina Fabiano first considered leaving her wooden home in the Philippines’ Rodriguez municipality to become a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia 7,000km away, her children begged her not to go. They …