(UPDATE) SOME 1,000 to 1,500 Afghans per batch will be allowed entry to the Philippines once the government accedes to a request from the United States government to use the country as a processing site for them before they could be finally repatriated to the US.

Speaking before a public hearing by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Sen. Maria Imelda Josefa 'Imee' Marcos, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel 'Babe' Romualdez confirmed that the US government has indeed requested the Philippines to accommodate an undetermined number of Afghans to enter and be temporarily allowed to stay in the Philippines.