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Filipinos Trapped in Their Own Country

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Sep 10, 2015
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A Filipina grandmother who is currently living in Thailand recently told a friend she hasn’t visited her home country in years, and that in fact she is afraid to because despite fact that she has a valid passport, she might not be allowed back out by arbitrary decisions of officials of the Immigration department.

That isn’t as farfetched. Another woman w…

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