{"id":174888,"date":"2018-08-03T23:09:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174888"},"modified":"2018-08-03T23:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T03:09:13","slug":"bishops-group-urges-ofws-uae-join-amnesty-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/03\/bishops-group-urges-ofws-uae-join-amnesty-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops&#8217; group urges OFWs in UAE to join amnesty program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111819\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111819\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: CBCP-ECMI chairman Bishop Ruperto Santos. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines &#8211; Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) on Friday urged Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to take advantage of the three-month amnesty program being offered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to foreign workers.<\/p>\n<p>CBCP-ECMI chairman Bishop Ruperto Santos said Filipino workers there should immediately legalize their stay in the host country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very beneficial and a blessing for our undocumented OFWs to correct their immigration status or repatriate without penalty to our country,\u201d Santos said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis three-month amnesty is a very consoling and compassionate move of UAE,\u201d the Balanga prelate added.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Santos lauded the humanitarian initiative of the Arab State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we, CBCP-ECMI, express our gratitude and appreciate the humanitarian gesture of UAE, we also appeal to our OFWs to avail of this amnesty so as to regularize their residency status or enable to seek new employment status,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur OFWs are very much known with their 3H&#8217;s that is honest, hardworking and helpful to one another. Let us be grateful to them and pray for them always for safety and secure living and working conditions,\u201d the CBCP-ECMI chief added.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, the UAE began offering the three-month amnesty period for foreign workers who have overstayed their visa, to leave the country without any legal repercussion.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal migrant workers are being fined daily for overstaying their permits and are prevented from leaving until they pay the penalties.<br \/>\nThe amnesty program ends on October 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines &#8211; Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}