The Philippines is preparing to evacuate
thousands of Filipinos working in the
Middle East as regional tensions rise
following the killing of a top Iranian
commander by the U. S.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman
Salvador Panelo on Tuesday said this in
Manila.


About 2 . 3 million people from the
Philippines are working in the Middle
East as domestic helpers , construction
workers , engineers , and nurses.
Duterte has ordered the armed forces
to prepare air and naval assets for the
evacuation of Filipinos in Iraq , Iran ,
and nearby Arab countries, Panelo said.

Saying he was deeply worried about
the prospect of a “ protracted war ” ,
Duterte told reporters he sent a special
envoy to Tehran and Baghdad to get
assurances that Filipinos would be
provided safe passage in case of
evacuation.
“ We have so many Filipinos working
mainly in the Middle East . I am
nervous. Iran seems to be hell- bent on
retaliation, which I think, will come ,”
Duterte said in a speech on Monday .
There are close to 7 , 000 Filipinos
working and living in Iraq and more
than 1 ,000 in Iran , according to
government data.


Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana,
who heads a newly created committee
to prepare the evacuation , said the
government is readying aircraft to ferry
Filipinos in Iraq and Iran who wish to
come home or be evacuated to safer
areas.
“ We can send transportation to fetch
them ,” Lorenza said, adding that hiring
a cruise ship was among the things the
government was considering to safely
evacuate those who would wish to be
repatriated .


Iran is considering 13 scenarios to
avenge Friday ’s killing of Qassem
Soleimani by a U.S . drone attack in
Iraq, a senior Tehran official said on
Tuesday as the general ’s body was
brought to his hometown for burial.
Filipinos in the Middle East sent home
5. 4 billion dollars in remittances from
January to October 2019, accounting for
a fifth of total remittances for that
period.

This is making the region a major
source of foreign exchange inflows
which help drive growth in the
consumption- led Philippine economy.

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This is the effects of war....it will affect the people you never imagined...