A batch of 69 Filipinos are set to arrive this week from conflict-torn Syria as government continues its mandatory repatriation program amid a worsening security situation in the Arab country.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has opened a currency exchange facility for the Syrian pound to service the foreign-exchange needs of overseas Filipino workers returning from conflict-torn Syria.
Another 20 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Syria, all of whom availed of the government’s free repatriation program, arrived in the country late afternoon Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
A new batch of 12 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Syria who availed of the Philippine government’s offer to repatriate them arrived in Manila Thursday afternoon.
Another batch of 37 Filipino workers from conflict-stricken Syria arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
The government is set to evacuate 164 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Homs and three other protest hubs in Syria, where “violence has become very alarming,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
The government has lifted the ban on the deployment of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) employed in the medical and oil sectors in Libya, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Wednesday.
Wait until the dust finally settles. The government would wait “a few more days or weeks” before deciding on whether to lift the deployment ban to Yemen, a ranking labor official said on Monday.
