DUBAI – Filipino workers inside US military camps in Iraq are now exempted from the travel and deployment ban imposed by the Philippine government.
According to a circular sent to various contractors in Iraq, Philippine Ambassador to Baghdad Bayani Mangibin said the Philippine government has decided that all Filipinos currently working in US camps in Iraq will no longer be covered by the ban.
While granting the exemption, the total ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Iraq remains. This means that meaning no additional or new Filipino workers will be allowed to be deployed.
The decision came amid an order from the US military to repatriate all workers whose countries have an existing travel and work ban to Iraq.
The companies were given 60 to 90 days to send home their “illegal” workers.
Early this month, Special Envoy to the Middle East Roy Cimatu went to Iraq and gave his favorable recommendation to allow Filipino workers, who are inside US military camps, to stay in the country.
Based on the latest Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) records, there are at least 8,000 Filipinos working in various US camp sites in Iraq. –Dindo Amparo, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau Chief
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