PHThe Afghans, who arrived in one batch, will be temporarily housed in an undisclosed US-funded facility. They were supposed to arrive on Saturday, Jan. 4, but bad weather in Kabul delayed their flight to Manila. "This is a long standing commitment we made during the official visit of President Marcos to Washington D.C. in May 2022 that we will do what we can to help in the relocation of Afghan nationals to the United States," Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said. This is "almost similar to what we did for Vietnamese refugees in the late seventies," Romualdez said in a text message. "It's the right thing to do," he added.
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