Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez clarified the US’s request for the Philippines to deal with 1000’s of Afghan refugees briefly, saying that their keep could be at most two weeks lengthy to permit their visas to be processed.
According to Saleema Refran’s report on “Saksi” Monday, Romualdez mentioned Washington is asking Manila to supply particular immigrant standing to the refugees to assist them course of their visas previous to their entry into the US.
Under the proposal, the refugees would arrive within the nation in batches and keep for just one to 2 weeks.
“Mahirap mag-process doon mismo sa Afghanistan dahil iba na yung gobyerno doon, diba? All the expenses related to that one will be borne by the US government,” he mentioned.
(It could be arduous to course of their visa there due to the change in management. All the bills associated to that one shall be borne by the US authorities.)
“Anytime na tingin natin hindi maganda yung sitwasyon, pwede natin i-cancel yung ating agreement sa US anytime,” he added.
(Anytime we predict the state of affairs isn’t good, then we will cancel the settlement anytime.)
Romualdez made the remarks after Senator Imee Marcos questioned the request final week, saying Washington ought to ask ally international locations close to Afghanistan.
The envoy additionally mentioned the request has been made for a couple of 12 months and was introduced up throughout President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s most up-to-date go to to the White House.
“Dito sa Washington when he was here, tinanong nga ulit sa kanya ni Vice President [Kamala] Harris kung ano na ang sitwasyon ng desisyon natin at sagot naman ng presidente, pinag-aaralan,” Romualdez mentioned.
(He was requested by Vice President Harris throughout his go to of the present standing of this request. The President mentioned he was nonetheless learning it.)
The Philippines has lengthy been welcoming refugees. During the administration of Manuel Quezon, the nation accepted about 1,200 Jewish refugees.
From 1975 to 1992, the nation additionally admitted 2,700 Vietnamese refugees.
“Naniniwala ako this is a humanitarian cause. This is good for humanity. We are saving families from being persecuted in another country because obviously they work with the US government,” mentioned the envoy.
(I imagine that is for a humanitarian trigger. This is sweet for humanity. We are saving households from being persecuted in a foreign country as a result of clearly they work with the US authorities.) — Sundy Locus/BM, GMA Integrated News
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