President Duterte has signed an executive order institutionalizing access to protection services for refugees, stateless persons, and asylum seekers. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with key government officials at the Malacañan Palace on February 28,...
President Duterte reiterated during the virtual plenary session of the 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit the Philippines' willingness to accept refugees coming from conflict-torn Myanmar. (Saw Wunna/ Unsplash) "We call on all parties to ensure the continued provisions of...
The Philippines is calling for solidarity among all nations in protecting and assisting refugees and asylum seekers. Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Evan P. Garcia (Photo courtesy of the DFA/Geneva PM) “We call on the international community to...
Romblon Bishop Narciso Abellana, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI), lamented the widespread discrimination suffered by migrants and refugees around the world. Bishop Narciso Abellana (CBCP image) In a...
President Duterte highlighted in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Philippines' "longstanding humanitarian tradition" in the government's decision to welcome refugees coming from Afghanistan. OPEN DOOR--President Rodrigo Duterte reports the Philippines' acceptance of...
Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Alkhater has thanked the members of the Filipino community in Doha for their "generosity and solidarity" with hundreds of Afghan refugees who are now sheltered in that country. Alkhater, who is also serving as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
The Department of Foreign Affair (DFA) will yield to the Justice department when it comes to the acceptance of Afghan nationals who wish to seek refugee status in the Philippines. Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the...
An official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said accepting refugees from crisis-torn Afghanistan a "humane act." Bishop Ruperto Santos (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "To accept refugees is very humane and compassionate act, which are so inspiring, salvific, and...
The Philippines is prepared to provide refuge to people fleeing the conflict in Afganistan following the collapse of its government. Afghan families walk by the aircrafts at the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People and bishop-promoter of the Stella Maris Philippines, has cited the heroic response of the Filipino seafarers who rescued the refugees...
The Philippines is preparing to welcome Rohingya refugees to the country and develop “complementary pathways” that would allow them to stay until a sustainable and lasting solution to their displacement in Myanmar can be found. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) A program to welcome the...
Migrants look on as they wait inside the new refugee camp of Kara Tepe in Mytilene, on Lesbos, on March 29, 2021. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) For the third time in three years, Syrian refugees have tried to flee from Greece by impersonating a sports team, Athens airport police said Monday. Late...
