Rohingya and Bangladeshi Boatpeople: Do We Shoo These People Away or Give Them a New Home Here?

[bleedingboi]

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https://ph.news.yahoo.com/philippine...085632310.html

The Philippines said Tuesday it was ready to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi boatpeople, as its Southeast Asian neighbours faced outrage for turning them away.
The Philippines is obliged to help the migrants, many of whom are fleeing persecution, because it is party to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees, foreign affairs department spokesman Charles Jose said.
"We have the commitment and the obligation to extend humanitarian assistance to these asylum seekers," Jose told ANC television.
Jose and other senior government officials would not elaborate on the kind of help the Philippines would give to the Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis, whose plight has been described as a humanitarian catastrophe.
"We can't go into much detail yet. We are not yet into that point. What we are saying now is our broad policy statement regarding this issue," he said.
Nearly 3,000 migrants have swum to shore or been rescued off Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand over the past week, with thousands more believed to be drifting on boats without food or water.
The three governments have sparked international outrage for driving away some of the migrant boats, who are believed to have been deserted by human trafficking rings after a Thai crackdown.
Describing a precedent to the current situation, Jose pointed to the example of the Philippines accepting Vietnamese refugees at the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
In that case, the Philippines accepted boatpeople who arrived directly on its shores but also others who had originally landed in other countries.
About 400,000 Vietnamese refugees went through Philippine camps and were eventually relocated to other countries, according to a government website.
President Benigno Aquino's spokesman also said the Philippines was open to helping the refugees, as he cited the values of mercy and compassion found in the nation's dominant Catholic religion.
"As the only predominantly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia, it is our duty to provide succour to those in need," presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma told AFP.
The Rohingya are a Muslim minority group in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, where they have no legal rights, making them a target for human traffickers. Up to 1.3 million live in the western Rakhine state.
Malaysia and Thailand have called on Myanmar to stem the flow of the Rohingya but Myanmar has refused to take responsiblity, claiming the group is composed of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

[The_JACKAL]

Not against helping them but before we do that let the government settle first its own problem because the way I see it, there are still a lot of Filipinos without proper shelter and proper means of livelihood.

[bleedingboi]

Not against helping them but before we do that let the government settle first its own problem because the way I see it, there are still a lot of Filipinos without proper shelter and proper means of livelihood.

Lisud gyud kau ni. These people were seen drinking their own piss within the boats. And the children below 5 years haven't eaten for days. Tsk tsk tsk Paita ani.

[dodong69]

BIG NO! nag kagluliyang naman gani ni mga Pilipino kay walay mga klarong balay nya naa pa na?
samot basura nato kadaghan,nya hugaws tawu bisan asa lang ilabay.
tagaan first aide but after thatbalik sila sa ila.

[bleedingboi]

This will be a dilemma for the administration. If he accepts these people and house them here, Filipinos and the poor majority will protest. If we reject them and drive them back to sea, UN and the international community will be outraged. AS what they did to Thailand and Malaysia.

[yhokz101]

as much as we would like to accept them (as what we are, emotional filipinos) we should bring first our own citizens who are in need. Again, if no one will accept them hence, this should be resolve as quickly as possible kay kinabuhi man pod ang naka taya ani. pwede e accept ni sa pinas temporarily while pangitaan ug lasting ug maau na solution. Find the root cause why this happened para dili na mahitabo ug usab.

[bleedingboi]

as much as we would like to accept them (as what we are, emotional filipinos) we should bring first our own citizens who are in need. Again, if no one will accept them hence, this should be resolve as quickly as possible kay kinabuhi man pod ang naka taya ani. pwede e accept ni sa pinas temporarily while pangitaan ug lasting ug maau na solution. Find the root cause why this happened para dili na mahitabo ug usab.

Murag wala nay mudawat nila bro. MyanMar, Thailand, Malaysia. Murag kita nlang ang pag-asa ani. Diri ko maka-bilib sa pinoy. Bahala ginamos sud-an, hospitality gyapon. Papuy-on pa pila ka adlaw ang bisita, palitan dayun coke kada meal.

[yhokz101]

Murag wala nay mudawat nila bro. MyanMar, Thailand, Malaysia. Murag kita nlang ang pag-asa ani. Diri ko maka-bilib sa pinoy. Bahala ginamos sud-an, hospitality gyapon. Papuy-on pa pila ka adlaw ang bisita, palitan dayun coke kada meal.

mao lage, ni dawat to pila ka tao ang indonesia pero ni balibad na. pinoy ra jd pag asa.. aww maka lingaw pod ning attitude sa pinoy, stubborn pero mka lingaw, despite sa kalisod pa tigbabaw jd ang hospitality PERO issue ni sa atong govt. We'll see how they will treat this and how they will approach such issue. Hard coded naman jd sa pinoy ang maluluy-on... so well see. double edge man ni nga scenario.. hehehe

[pepponeskie]

Not against helping them but before we do that let the government settle first its own problem because the way I see it, there are still a lot of Filipinos without proper shelter and proper means of livelihood.

sulbad ra tanang problema basta si Binay ang ma presidente pohon.

[The_JACKAL]

sulbad ra tanang problema basta si Binay ang ma presidente pohon.

D kaha ni mga kaliwat ni Binay kay mao2 man ug itsura niya