Posted on 04/29/2018 2:53:04 PM PDT by BBell
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation.
Mr Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in the Gulf state.
The crisis deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers.
The two nations had been negotiating a labour deal that Philippine officials said could result in the lifting of the ban but the recent escalation in tensions has put an agreement in doubt.
"The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more," Mr Duterte told reporters in the southern city of Davao.
There was no immediate response from Kuwait, where around 262,000 Filipinos are employed - nearly 60 percent of them as domestic workers, according to the Philippines' foreign department.
Last week the Philippines apologised over the rescue videos but Kuwaiti officials announced they were expelling Manila's ambassador and recalling their own envoy from the Southeast Asian nation.
Kuwait also detained four Filipinos hired by the Philippine embassy and issued arrest warrants against three diplomatic personnel, Manila said.
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They are a muslim nation, right?
Should have never sent any of our troops over there to save their sorry asses.
They were shocked how the Kuwait openly treated its contract foreigners.
They would temporarily hire some of folks so these people could set up plans to leave the country .
Its is that bad there .
What is it about Muslims and slaves?
It’s almost as if Islam itself condones slavery?
Tell me again why was Western blood and treasure spent on freeing Kuwait, the enslaving nation?
Oh ya, George CIA oil man Bush was President. The older I get, the more it seems to me, that the banksters get what they want whenever a war begins.
Texas Couple Enslaved African Girl for 16 Years, Say Feds
The accused, Mohamed Toure, 57, and wife Denise Cros-Toure, 57,( Texas couple eh?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3651176/posts
That's it in a nutshell.
We've spent more money defending Kuwait and the Arabs than we have spent on border security tallied over the entire history of the United States, almost 250 years.
The older you get the less idealistic you are and you grow cynical. Unless you are a libtard.
Indonesia
Afghanis? He said they were useless and the country would revert back to the middle ages if we were not there.
The same needs to be done regarding Saudi Arabia.
I have worked in both places.
I have heard similar about Iraqis. That they are smarter and more sensible generally. Should not be surprising, the Iraqis have ancient history, before islam ruined them. The rest of them in the gulf are all desert rats who became newly rich because of oil. They would still be sitting around in their tents, picking lice, if it were not for oil.
Don’t like Filipinos?
You are primarily a devotedly Catholic country!
You are hated and reviled!
You are sub-human and lower than dogs!
You can’t expect humane treatment from these people (if you can call them that)
You should have figured this out a decade ago. You can’t tell me this is the first it has come to your attention.
It’s almost as if Islam itself condones slavery?
Let's ask the mayor of London...
Kill the infidel in any way possible.
The arrogant nuevo rich sand people have a serious superiority complex, even though they would be nothing without the oil or the foreigners who discovered it and are pulling it out of the ground for them.
Just search "abuse of maids in gulf states". Results are not surprising in the least.
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