Tag: “humanitarian emergency”

PNP: Persons traveling for medical, other emergency reasons to be allowed to cross NCR Plus borders during ECQ in Metro Manila

(Eagle News) — Persons traveling for medical or other emergency reasons will be allowed to cross borders in the National Capital Region Plus for the duration of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Police said. According to PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar, these individuals are also classified as authorized persons outside residences. They include individuals with doctors’ appointments and individuals who need to return to their provinces because someone from their family died […]

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UN calls on Australia to stop ‘humanitarian emergency’ at PNG refugee camp

by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The United Nations called on Australia to stop a “humanitarian emergency” unfolding at a detention center in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, urging an end to a tense days-long stand-off between refugees and authorities. The Manus Island camp, set up to hold and process asylum-seekers under Australia’s harsh immigration policy, was officially closed Tuesday after it was ruled unconstitutional by PNG’s Supreme Court. But some 600 men have […]

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