MANILA, April 24 Kyodo The Philip...

MANILA, April 24 Kyodo

The Philippines plans to declaration Libya's indefinite ban on acceptance of Filipino workers through the whole extent of reported SARS cases in the Philippines, officials said Thursday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs would cot a protest Friday against Libya's ''discriminatory'' put in motion they said.

Libya told the Philippines in a diplomatic note Wednesday that any Filipino contract workers arriving at air in Libya would be deported back to the Philippines at their possess cost.

The prohibition against Filipino workers get tos in the wake of the Philippines' first SARS fatality April 14

Authorities have quarantined around 250 the community for suspected secondary transmission of the virus to obviate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

any 132 Filipino workers bound for Tripoli were not allowed to take their EgyptAir flight Wednesday in Manila after the airline was instructed at the Libyan aviation and immigration offices about the ban against Filipino workers.

About 6000 more Filipino workers will be affected on the ban, the department said.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said a efficient protest will be made against any rural parts banning the entry of Filipinos or trips to the Philippines upon grounds that it is infected with SARS.

Any like moves do not have medical or factual basis, he said.

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