Sen. Imee Marcos said her brother’s administration had agreed to a supposed discreet plan to grant a request by the US to provide a safe haven in the Philippines for Afghans suspected to be “American spies” who fled their Taliban-led country.
“This evident intent of the PMS to withhold from the public any information pertaining to the request of the US and the approval thereof by the Philippine government brings into question the real nature of such request and approval,” she said in Senate Resolution No. 651.
According to the senator, a memorandum of agreement was being prepared to allow a group of Afghans to temporarily stay in the country. She did not give details such as how many they were, the nature of their links to the United States or American authorities and how long they planned to stay in the Philippines.Marcos said the supposed refugees, who were “allegedly US supporters,” would be flown “directly” from Afghanistan, which has no official diplomatic ties with the Philippines.
Gangopadhyay noted, however, that the Biden administration “remains committed to the thousands of brave Afghans who stood side-by-side with the United States over the course of the past two decades.”In the 1930s, President Manuel Quezon’s “Open Door” policy provided safe refuge to over 1,300 Jews to escape Nazi persecution and the Holocaust. That gesture later won praise for the Philippines, particularly from Israel.
The Philippines became one of their new homes until they were resettled in the United States and other Western countries. Some of them remained in the country. On Feb. 16, 2022, the Supreme Court announced that it had made it easier for stateless individuals and refugees seeking sanctuary in the country to acquire Philippine citizenship, including minors who have lost their parents and legal guardians.
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