The Philippines has reversed its ban on Filipino workers travelling to Qatar on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
According to Reuters, the Philippines labor secretary said that Filipinos who have job contracts in Qatar will be allowed to go there, scrapping a previously announced ban on the deployment of workers there.
Silvestre Bello told Reuters he had been assured by labor officials in Qatar that conditions there were "normal" and that there was no reason to be concerned about the safety of Filipino workers.
Bello said the processing of new applications would remain temporarily suspended as the government awaits "further developments" following the severing of diplomatic ties with Qatar by the Arab world's biggest powers, Reuters noted.
