The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) released in its official website the list of 41 countries where there is an existing OFW deployment ban.

The Philippine Embassies/Philippine Missions have certified that the following host countries are not compliant with the guarantees provided under the Republic Act 10022 or the Amended Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995.

1. Afghanistan
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Barbados
4. Cambodia
5. Cayman Islands
6. Chad
7. Croatia
8. Cuba
9. Democratic People's Republic of Korea/North Korea
10. Dominica
11. East Tinor f Timor Leste
12. Eritrea
13. Haiti
14. India
15. Iraq
16. Kyrgyzstan Republic
17. Lebanon
18. Lesotho
19. Libya
20. Mali
21. Mauritania
22. Montenegro
23. Mozambique
24. Nauru
25. Nepal
26. Niger
27. Pakistan
28. Palestine
29. Serbia
30. St. Kitts and Nevis
31. St. Lucia
32. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
33. Sudan
34. Swaziland
35. Tajikistan
36. Tonga
37. Turks and Caicos
38. Tuvalu
39. US Virgin Islands
40. Vanuatu
41. Zimbabwe