Pinoys in Syria continue to defy deployment ban, pass through illegal channels
By Michaela P. del Callar 01/06/2012Despite the heightened tensions in Syria, the Philippine government admitted that many Filipinos defy the deployment ban to the strife-torn Middle East state by going through illegal channels and the Syrian government can not guarantee that it would prevent the trafficking of Philippine nationals to their country.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said his counterpart Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, whom he met early this week in Damascus, told him that it is quite difficult to monitor the illegal entry of foreign nationals to the country due to Syria’s porous borders..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120106nat4.html
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uulitin ko: hindi kaya nagagalit ang mga kapatid nating OFWs sa tantads na kalbong agila sa panggigiyera nito sa mga malayang bansa? ilan ang nawalan ng trabaho sa libya? (sa libya may mga kilala akong galit na galit sa u.s. dahil winasak nito ang maayos at maunald na pamumuno ni gaddafi)...ngayon, syria naman.
"The Foreign secretary blamed unscrupulous Philippine law enforces for facilitating the departure of Filipinos, in a trip that would take them three months before reaching Syria.
"Nothwithstanding the hardships that they encounter in a country thousands of miles away from home and the possible threats to their security due to the ongoing civil strife, Filipino workers told Del Rosario that they would rather stay in Syria than go back to the Philippines jobless."
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