Filipino children face deportation from Israel
By Michaela P. del Callar 06/05/2010 Children of Filipino migrant workers will be among the 1,200 minors to be deported from Israel, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said. According to Israeli law, once migrant workers give birth to children in Israel, they must leave with their child or send the baby back home and continue their employment. “There is no indication as to how many are Filipino kids. We take it that (the deportation) pertains to all nationalities,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Eduardo Malaya said. The DFA said it is ready to repatriate them should that happen as it is already coordinating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment, as well as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, to prepare for the possible deportation of these children. The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv reported to the DFA that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has given its assurance that the imminent deportation of children of Filipino migrant workers “will be handled in the most humane way.” “The Embassy has made representations with the Israeli government about the imminent deportation of Filipino children, and we were informed by the Foreign Ministry that it will be handled in the most humane way possible and in the best interest of our two countries,” Philippine Ambassador Petronila Garcia said. Garcia added that there are still no news of the deportation, as the final decision of the Ministerial Committee is still pending. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100605hed5.html |
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