30 Pinoys repatriated from Libya to arrive in Manila Tuesday

Thirty Filipinos who availed of repatriation from strife-torn Libya are due to arrive Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

The DFA said the 30 are to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, with thefirst batch of 24 arriving at 4 p.m. aboard Qatar Airways QR926.

It said the second batch of six are to arrive at 4:35 p.m. aboard Emirates Flight EK 332.

On Sunday, 42 OFWs from Libya arrived in Manila while five more arrived early Monday.

The DFA said Tuesday's arrivals would bring the total number of repatriated Filipinos from Libya to 708.

"They will be briefed and assisted by DFA and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) representatives at the airport," it said.

Earlier, the Philippine Embassy in Libya said it has started relocating its non-core staff to Tunisia.

"Due to the increasing violence and lawlessness in Tripoli, all non-core staff of the Philippine Embassy there are being relocated to Tunisia. Staff dependents were repatriated last week," it said.

Last July 20, the Philippine government raised the alert level in Libya to "4," citing the "extremely unstable" situation there.

"Under Alert Level 4, the Philippine government undertakes evacuation ofabout 13,000 Filipino nationals there as soon as possible while no Filipino national will be allowed to travel to Libya," the DFA said.

Filipinos can contact the Embassy through the telephone numbers (00218) 918-244-208 / (00218) 911061166, and the e-mail addresses tripoli.pe@gmail.comtripoli.pe@dfa.gov.ph. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News

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