Now, this is quite a number.
“On Monday, September 1, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed that at least 805 Filipino workers are facing drug-related cases abroad and 45 of them are in death row,” reports Sara Susanne D. Fabunan in Manila Standard Today.
DFA spokesman Charles Jose said that “most of the 805 cases involve Filipino drug mules or couriers.”
Jose explained that “the DFA released the data to remind migrant workers of the harsh penalties imposed by host countries in cases involving possession of illegal drugs.”
The report noted: “At least 341 drug cases are in Asia Pacific region, 244 in the Middle East and Africa, 116 in the United States and the Americas, and 104 in Europe.”
Jose said that they would have “to check if the figure was the highest ever record of drug-related cases.”
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