Source: ANN
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Twenty-five Filipinos, mostly runaways or overstaying workers, will be repatriated from Qatar to the Philippines following talks between Vice President Jejomar Binay and top government officials in the Middle Eastern state, his office said Saturday.
Binay announced that the 25 Filipino workers, who are staying at the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Doha, will soon be allowed to return home after arrangements were made with Qatari officials.
“We are grateful to the government of Qatar for agreeing to the repatriation. This underscores the strong ties between the two countries which will be even stronger in the coming years,” he said in a statement.
Binay said he instructed the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Department of Foreign Affairs to speed up the repatriation of the OFWs. Their identities and the details of their cases were not immediately available.
“As soon as their plane tickets are available, they can come home,” Binay said.
The vice president said the Qatar government assured him that the Philippines would be one of its primary sources for manpower, with the expected construction boom in the country in 2012 in connection with Qatar’s preparations for hosting the 2020 World Cup.
“Qatar looks forward to hiring more Filipinos in the next few years, and is set to hold discussions to facilitate their deployment,” he said. There are some 2,000 Filipinos employed in Qatar, considered the world’s richest country per capita at $88,233 per person.
Binay said Qatar is expected to send a representative to the Philippines this month as a member of the technical working committee formed to set the requirements for the recruitment and deployment of Filipino workers.
The vice president is in the Middle East to discuss with leaders of Qatar and Saudi Arabia a wide range of issues, especially the rights and welfare of OFWs in the region.
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Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Twenty-five Filipinos, mostly runaways or overstaying workers, will be repatriated from Qatar to the Philippines following talks between Vice President Jejomar Binay and top government officials in the Middle Eastern state, his office said Saturday.
Binay announced that the 25 Filipino workers, who are staying at the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Doha, will soon be allowed to return home after arrangements were made with Qatari officials.
“We are grateful to the government of Qatar for agreeing to the repatriation. This underscores the strong ties between the two countries which will be even stronger in the coming years,” he said in a statement.
Binay said he instructed the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Department of Foreign Affairs to speed up the repatriation of the OFWs. Their identities and the details of their cases were not immediately available.
“As soon as their plane tickets are available, they can come home,” Binay said.
The vice president said the Qatar government assured him that the Philippines would be one of its primary sources for manpower, with the expected construction boom in the country in 2012 in connection with Qatar’s preparations for hosting the 2020 World Cup.
“Qatar looks forward to hiring more Filipinos in the next few years, and is set to hold discussions to facilitate their deployment,” he said. There are some 2,000 Filipinos employed in Qatar, considered the world’s richest country per capita at $88,233 per person.
Binay said Qatar is expected to send a representative to the Philippines this month as a member of the technical working committee formed to set the requirements for the recruitment and deployment of Filipino workers.
The vice president is in the Middle East to discuss with leaders of Qatar and Saudi Arabia a wide range of issues, especially the rights and welfare of OFWs in the region.
