(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order institutionalizing protection services for stateless people, refugees and asylum seekers.

Executive Order 163, signed by the President on February 28, establishes an Inter-agency Committee on the Protection of Refugees, Stateless Persons, and Asylum Seekers headed by the Justice secretary, with the head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development as vice chairman.

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