Thousands of Filipinos, mostly undocumented domestic workers, in strife-torn Syria are toughing it out despite their government’s offer to bring them home. A senior government official today said a great majority of Filipinos in Syria have opted to risk their lives there rather than return home without jobs. “Undocumented workers, or those who did not pass through the Philippine Overseas Employment Authority and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, would rather take the risks prevailing in the strife-torn country than losing their jobs,” said the official, who declined to be named. There are an estimated 17,000 Filipinos in Syria, almost all of them domestic workers.