1,000 Filipinos in Iraq Can Travel Home After 3 Years

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1,000 Filipinos in Iraq Can Travel Home After 3 Years

 

Basnews English

18/12/2017 - 00:31

World

 

 

 

ERBIL — Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday that it has resolved the issue of its citizens in Iraq as they had been stuck in Iraq for over three years.

The government in Manila said it has secured the return of nearly 1,000 Filipinos, and they are assured of not losing their jobs after a trip back to their country.

At least 1,000 Filipinos working in Baghdad, Basra and other areas have not been able to go home since 2014 when Manila placed Iraq under Crisis Alert Level IV, The Manila Times reported.

“After more than three years of waiting, our countrymen in Iraq will now be reunited with their families in the Philippines without having to worry that they cannot return to their jobs there,” Philippines Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.

 

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