Fillipino workers face deportation

Fillipino workers face deportation

MANILA: Some 9,000 Filipinos working illegally in South Korea failed to take advantage of an amnesty program and now face deportation, the Philippine Foreign Secretary Delia Albert said on Tuesday.

She said 32,000 other Filipinos had made use of the amnesty last year under which illegal aliens were allowed to voluntarily return home then apply for a work permit to let them legally return and work in South Korea.

Under the program which expired in August, those who rejected the amnesty offer will be deported and will be barred from ever visiting the country again.

Albert said the Philippine government would make representations for those not covered by the amnesty, but it was not clear how much help could be extended. -- AFP