POEA statistics show that there are around 2.3 million overseas Filipino workers deployed across the globe. The most number of them are located in the Middle East. In 2018, there were approximately 4,000 Filipinos in different detention facilities overseas with various cases and over a hundred of them are in death row.
Sen. Fanfilo Lacson issued the statement after the DFA presented data during the meeting showing that most Filipinos overseas were detained due to drug charges.
Sen. Fanfilo Lacson issued the statement after the DFA presented data during the meeting showing that most Filipinos overseas were detained due to drug charges.
![POEA statistics show that there are around 2.3 million overseas Filipino workers deployed across the globe. The most number of them are located in the Middle East. In 2018, there were approximately 4,000 Filipinos in different detention facilities overseas with various cases and over a hundred of them are in death row. Sen. Fanfilo Lacson issued the statement after the DFA presented data during the meeting showing that most Filipinos overseas were detained due to drug charges. Ads SEN. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson wants the repatriation of Filipino convicts from abroad, reported Inquirer. Lacson urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to pursue more Transfer of Sentenced Persons agreements with other countries. Lacson called for it Monday during the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee Foreign Relations, where the DFA presented data showing that most Filipinos overseas were detained over drug charges. “How do you reconcile (the fact that) here in our country we’re killing people and then we’re saving drug convicts detained in another country. I’m just curious,” Lacson asked Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. “Going back to the repatriation of Filipino convicts, maybe you should pursue more Transfer of Sentenced Persons treaties, just like what we have with Spain. I’m just wondering if they would agree to be transferred to Muntinlupa [that is, the New Bilibid Prison] from where they are being detained abroad,” Inquirer quoted Lacson as saying. The Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons states that individuals tried and convicted in a foreign country have the option to serve their remaining sentence in their home country. The DFA extends financial and legal aid to Filipinos abroad, including those detained or convicted. Ads Sponsored Links “We are not saying that they [Filipino convicts abroad] should not be punished, but since they are our nationals, we take care of them, we monitor how they are treated, we look at their condition. So is that a way to rationalize?” Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, said. “Cause we will never ask a foreign country, do not punish our countryman who is involved in drugs because we also will jail him here if he violates our loss. But when you incarcerate him and you punish him, we should be allowed to take a look and pay a visit to our countryman and look at his condition or situation,” he added.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRY1WliVE9t0mwGXR7LMsmwac1UD4W7bNseWXSl4b7aWgYrTT9js8-6JfF7wuvpTmQxjzD3yDLJBIYF6iGr2CZ8Tsi3zVZGyqOnPvOXs352u9o41-btavNoutRKBQrA6FRdYX8A/s1600/lacson.png "Transfer OFW Detainees To Philippine Jail - Lacson")
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SEN. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson wants the repatriation of Filipino convicts from abroad, reported Inquirer.
Lacson urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to pursue more Transfer of Sentenced Persons agreements with other countries.
Lacson called for it Monday during the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee Foreign Relations, where the DFA presented data showing that most Filipinos overseas were detained over drug charges.
“How do you reconcile (the fact that) here in our country we’re killing people and then we’re saving drug convicts detained in another country. I’m just curious,” Lacson asked Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
“Going back to the repatriation of Filipino convicts, maybe you should pursue more Transfer of Sentenced Persons treaties, just like what we have with Spain. I’m just wondering if they would agree to be transferred to Muntinlupa [that is, the New Bilibid Prison] from where they are being detained abroad,” Inquirer quoted Lacson as saying.
The Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons states that individuals tried and convicted in a foreign country have the option to serve their remaining sentence in their home country.
The DFA extends financial and legal aid to Filipinos abroad, including those detained or convicted.
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“We are not saying that they [Filipino convicts abroad] should not be punished, but since they are our nationals, we take care of them, we monitor how they are treated, we look at their condition. So is that a way to rationalize?” Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, said.
“Cause we will never ask a foreign country, do not punish our countryman who is involved in drugs because we also will jail him here if he violates our loss. But when you incarcerate him and you punish him, we should be allowed to take a look and pay a visit to our countryman and look at his condition or situation,” he added.
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