Two Palestinians married to Filipino women have safely arrived in
the Philippines from Gaza to rejoin their families with help from
IOM.

Under an agreement with the Philippines government which offered
to evacuate all Filipino nationals from the conflict zone, IOM
stepped in to cover the cost of evacuating the two men, who are
married with children.

IOM Regional Representative for East Asia Charles Harns, who met
the families at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, praised the
Philippines government's efforts to evacuate its citizens and said
that IOM could offer similar support to up to 20 Palestinian
spouses married to Filipinos.  

IOM Manila is in contact with the Embassies of the Philippines
in Amman, Cairo and Tel Aviv and with IOM offices in the region to
cope with similar requests to reunite families, should they
arise.

For more information please contact:

Joanna Dabao

IOM Manila

Tel: +63.2.8481260

E-mail: "mailto:jdabao@iom.int">jdabao@iom.int