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00:00We will get an update on the condition of our countrymen in Myanmar and Thailand. We will ask DFA, Undersecretary Eduardo Deveca.
00:09Josec Deveca, good morning.
00:11Good morning to all of you.
00:13How is the search for Filipinos in Myanmar?
00:16I feel that it's hard to find. I counted four, but hope is being eternal. We will do everything we can to find them.
00:32We don't want to confirm that someone died or what, because until it's confirmed, we don't have any hope.
00:43Is the coordination easy because Myanmar is under military junta?
00:50Yes. But the problem is, Myanmar doesn't have the equipment to search for people in the debris.
01:00That's why other countries are sending, even the Philippines, contingent to help.
01:06It's up to us to find them.
01:11In Bangkok, Thailand, what is the latest information of the Filipinos who were brought there?
01:16The good news is that there are no reported affected. That's a good news.
01:25Josec, are there people who want to go home and are asking for help?
01:32There are none in Thailand. It's possible that there are people who lost their jobs and the embassy is investigating to fulfill their request.
01:45Just like what happened in Turkey in 2023. If someone wants to go home, we will help them.
01:50You mentioned help. In that situation, what can the DFA do to help the affected Filipinos?
02:00The first help is to find the Filipinos who are missing.
02:04Now, those who need financial assistance, those who lost their jobs temporarily or need shelter, we have funds for them, ATM assistance funds.
02:21The Department of Migrant Welfare can help. They have an attaché in Bangkok nearby.
02:26When they go home, they will be given reintegration for their new job.
02:33But right now, what we need to do is to account for the Filipinos in Mandalay.
02:39There are three major cities, Yangon, Naypidaw, the capital of Naypidaw and Mandalay.
02:46In Mandalay, there are 150 Filipinos, professionals. So accounted for, four are missing.
02:53The problem is, they are in a building in a house in a condominium.
02:59But the government has a budget for financial assistance, even repatriation if they need to go home.
03:08The problem is, how can they go home? The airport is not open right now.
03:12So they will be driven to Bangkok, Thailand.
03:16Usec, we also asked for development for the Filipinos who rallied in Qatar.
03:22One of them was released. So there's hope that the other one will be released?
03:28There's hope. Our embassy is talking to them, to the police.
03:34We will provide legal counsel if necessary.
03:39I hope it won't reach there.
03:42So they don't have a case yet Usec?
03:44They don't have a case yet. They are still investigating.
03:46They are checking if they have a plan to disrupt Qatar or what, which they don't have.
03:52But again, our embassy is already planning for March 15.
03:56So it's clear that we don't want you to rally. The problem is, it's prohibited in Qatar.
04:07The truth is, the embassy is asking them to go home.
04:11We are not in the Philippines. We are in Qatar.
04:15We will go home as soon as possible. That's how it is.
04:19You have legal assistance.
04:21Yes.
04:22Aside from legal assistance, you have other assistance for the Filipinos in Qatar.
04:26But even though they don't have a case, they are in jail.
04:29They are not in jail. They are detained.
04:31Detained.
04:32I don't want to say they are in prison.
04:34They are in a police station, not in a prison.
04:40So their condition in the detention is okay?
04:43It's okay. But of course, no one wants to be in jail.
04:46So we will do what we can.
04:48Okay.
04:49Goodbye.
04:50Thank you. Take care.
04:52Goodbye.
04:53Deputy Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega.
05:02Goodbye.
05:03Goodbye.