Table 2: Number of cases classified per general category of OFWs parties to the case (landbased or seabased) (2015-2019) CATEGORY Landbased Seabased Total 2015 5 (11.90%) 37 (88.10%) 42 cases14 2016 10 (30.30%) 23 (69.70%) 33 cases15 2017 7 (13.21%) 46 (86.79%) 53 cases 2018 5 (10.64%) 42 (89.36%) 47 cases 2019 5 (11.36%) 39 (88.64%) 44 cases In contrast, seabased OFWs accounted for only 18.97% of the total deployment of OFWs in 2017. Table 3 shows the annual deployment of OFWs per general category from 2006 to 2018.16 Table 3: Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers (2006 – 1st Semester of 2018) 14 15 16 did not include in the count 1 case involving validity of law or regulation did not include in count 3 cases involving validity of law or regulation Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Employment Statistics, Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers – By Type of Hiring, 2006-2018 (1st Semester) http://www.poea.gov.ph/ofwstat/compendium/deployment%202006-2018S1.pdf 9