Immigration officials prohibited seven Filipino nurses from leaving the Philippines to pursue their employment contracts in the United Kingdom.
The issue comes as healthcare workers are protesting a deployment ban which prohibited those with overseas employment contracts from leaving, saying they are needed to assist in the country’s COVID-19 response.
Z.G. was already in the plane when one of the other nurses called him saying that she had been prevented from boarding." said Z.G., who asked to be identified only by his initials. Z.G. and his group secured their contracts before March 8, but due to the lockdown and the closure or limited operations of visa offices during the 3-month enhanced community quarantine declared last March, their visas were only released in July and August.
“I am so devastated.” said T.J. who like Z.G. was set to work in a hospital in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. FNU attempted to assist the group by speaking to the Bureau of Immigration and the Department of Labor but as of last night, there was still no clear answer as to when the group would be allowed to leave – or if they would be allowed to do so.Citing government statistics, FNU Chairperson Maristela Abenojar said that there are over 200,000 unemployed nurses and an estimated 19,000 that leave annually to work abroad..
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