Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno called on the national government to create an evacuation plan for some 150,000 Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan should crisis similar to what is happening in Ukraine happens in the island-state.
PILAR, Bataan — Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Wednesday, March 2, called on the national government to create an evacuation plan for some 150,000 Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan should crisis similar to what is happening in Ukraine happens in the island-state.“In the case of Taiwan, nag-aalala ako sa mga kababayan nating Pilipino doon.
Taiwan is currently in a heightened state of alert should China try to take advantage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and try to make a move. “But still, we will pray sana nga walang mangyaring untoward incident [sa Taiwan], but lahat naman tayo nagulat about what happened to Ukraine and Russia,” he said.
“I don’t know by air. But by sea it’s reachable since Taiwan is only a few hundred kilometers away from the northernmost tip of the Philippines,” he said.
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