They need to explain it,” DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Eduardo De Vega said in a televised briefing on Monday.ĭe Vega said the Philippines “did not violate the labor agreement,” in response to reports coming out of Kuwait suggesting otherwise. “We are asking for an explanation (as to) whether tourists and ordinary workers are covered by the suspension. Last week, Kuwait suspended the issuance of new entry visas for Philippine nationals, a measure that overlaps the Philippine ban but also applies to other types of visitors. The Philippines has been preparing for talks with the Kuwaiti government since earlier this year, following the gruesome murder of domestic worker Jullebee Ranara that sparked nationwide calls for a review of bilateral labor agreements and prompted Manila to suspend in February the deployment of first-time workers to Kuwait. MANILA: A Philippine delegation will travel to Kuwait on Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said, as Manila seeks to tackle labor concerns and clarification over the Gulf state’s suspension of new visas for Filipinos. “The evidence we presented showed the three men working together in the run up to the offence including on the day they were caught, unaware that the NCA were waiting as the plane landed,” she added.Īll three men were charged with facilitating a breach of immigration law, and Styles was sentenced to seven years in prison, Turchet to seven-and-a-half years, and Sivakumar to four-and-a-half years. “The CPS worked extremely closely with investigators to build this case including the National Crime Agency and international law enforcement in Belgium. Phone records showed Sivakumar had been in contact with Tim K before the flight.Ĭrown Prosecution Service specialist prosecutor, Sarah Jennings, said all three defendants were involved in a planned and co-ordinated attempt to bypass immigration controls. Meanwhile, Sivakumar, who had previously been convicted for trying to smuggle someone into the UK in the boot of his car, was also arrested. The surveillance team was waiting for the plane when it returned to the country the next day. Investigators believe the men were in contact with an Albanian, known as Tim K, who arranged for the passengers to meet him in Belgium. Turchet had paid for the jet to be stored in a hangar before the flight on March 23.
The NCA found he had worked with former pilot Turchet to rent the six-seater Piper Seneca for £1,500. Joking as he was arrested by officers, he said: “I normally get arrested for drugs, so it is a bit strange.” Styles, from Hertfordshire, was arrested at Deenethorpe Airfield near Corby, in Northamptonshire after flying a twin-engine plane to the airfield from Belgium with three men and a woman on board who were attempting to evade immigration checks. Richard Styles was arrested alongside Silvano Turchet and Vijayakumar Sivakumar after the National Crime Agency thwarted their plan in March last year. LONDON: A British pilot has been jailed for being involved in a plot to smuggle four Albanians from Belgium into Britain.
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