Filipinos working in European countries are usually well received and treated in accordance with the European Union’s standards on labor and social conditions, a Philippine official has said.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said this while highlighting the conditions of more than 800,000 Filipinos who are working and living in European Union countries during a dinner meeting he hosted recently for EU ambassadors, reported Inquirer.
Bello and the EU ambassadors reportedly discussed about the EU-Philippines relations, domestic developments in the Philippines, with a focus on labor rights policy, human rights and the CPP-NPA-NDF peace process.
Issues related to implementation of the death penalty affecting Filipinos abroad were also discussed, said the news portal.
Bello also reportedly stressed President Rodrigo Duterte’s continuing commitment to peace in the country, in spite of recent setbacks in the CPP-NPA-NDF peace process.
Present at the meeting were European Union Ambassador Franz Jessen, Danish Ambassador Jan Top Christensen, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou, Italian Ambassador Massimo Roscigno and Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries, the Inquirer report said.
