No requests for repatriation from OFWs in Taiwan — DFA

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The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to receive requests for repatriation from overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan amid comments made by a Chinese official that they may be affected by the creation of new EDCA bases near the Taiwan Strait.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to receive requests for repatriation from overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan amid comments made by a Chinese official that they may be affected by the creation of new EDCA bases near the Taiwan Strait.

“As far as the Filipinos in Taiwan are concerned, wala pa kaming nababalitaan na gustong umuwi o nababahala. Sanay na sila dito,” DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said at the Laging Handa briefing on Tuesday.the Philippines to oppose Taiwan's independence instead of offering the United States access to its military facilities near the Taiwan Strait if they cared for the 150,000 OFWs in Taiwan.

“DFA reaffirms the One China policy stance. So sabihin natin Taiwan. Hindi bansang Taiwan,” De Vega said.Meanwhile, De Vega said that the DFA repatriated a total of 203 trafficking victims from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. He said 90 were repatriated from Myanmar, 52 were repatriated from Cambodia, and 68 were repatriated from Laos.“Naka tawid na sila. Naayos natin na pakawalan sila ng kanilang mga amo. And meron pang expected, about, maybe about half a dozen more,” he said.“Ang magandang balita diyan, mukhang nakikinig naman yung ating mga kababayan… kasi lately, bumababa na ‘yung mga numbers ng mga Pilipino na kailangan natin tulungan,” he said.

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