Marcos non-committal to hosting Afghans

MANILA — President Marcos raised on Thursday, June 29 the possibility of rejecting the United States government’s request for the Philippines to host its 50,000 former Afghan employees, citing security, legal and logistical concerns.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Parañaque City, Marcos said the Philippines would continue to study the request and see if there is a way to grant it without endangering Philippine security.

“We are still looking exactly at how to make it work — if we can. It’s entirely possible that we will not find a way to make it happen,” the president said.