The Senate foreign relations committee is set to hold an inquiry on Friday into the supposed request of the United States for the Philippine government to allow the admission and temporary housing of foreign nationals from Afghanistan.
According to the notice provided to the media on Wednesday, the Senate panel was supposed to hold an executive meeting on Friday at 1:00 p.m. following the resolution filed last week by its chairperson, Senator Imee Marcos, which seeks anBut citing the “significance and urgency of the matter,” the Senate panel decided to hold a public hearing instead of an executive meeting.
to the US proposal for the Philippine government to allow the entry and temporary housing of nationals from Afghanistan. Romualdez explained that under the US request, Afghan nationals, who will be arriving in batches, will be“They are not going to live here. This is not even a refugee issue, this is a processing issue,” Romualdez said.Pimentel said housing the foreigners from Afghanistan was a “good humanitarian act on the part of the Philippines" but added that the question remained as regards the reason behind the US' request.
“Ang only concern ko lang is cost. Ang Afghan nasa Middle East yan tapos dadalhin dito sa atin so, yung gasolina lang papunta dito ay mas mahal. And then number 2, saan ipo-process, we don't know how many people ang pinag-uusapan natin. Saan sila titira, bibigyan ba sila ng Visa, so may mga ganung logistical issues that we need to think about,” he said.
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