Vice President returned home on 5 March 2011 (Saturday) from his trip to the Middle East after obtaining amnesty to nearly 300 Filipinos being held there on minor offenses.
Around 279 Filipinos will be repatriated from Kuwait. Most of them were runaways from their employers who had been charged with breach of contract and other minor offenses. The Filipino Workers Resource Center had them in custody. Another 13 Filipinos now under detention will be granted pardon.
Some 80 Filipinos charged with minor crimes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi were also in the process of being repatriated to the Philippines. [Full report]
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