Fifteen Filipino workers, an infant, and an Islamic studies student finally arrived in Manila Saturday afternoon after Greece and Saudi Arabia extracted them on board military planes from Sudan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Know more:
FIFTEEN Filipino workers, an infant, and an Islamic studies student finally arrived in Manila Saturday afternoon after Greece and Saudi Arabia extracted them on board military planes from Sudan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
As of this writing, a total of 610 Filipinos were extracted from the capital Khartoum. Majority of them were taken to the Egypt border. The government plans to bring them to Cairo where they will take a flight back to Manila. Eight of the first batch who arrived in Manila are OFWs who worked in a hotel in Sudan.
The Embassy is currently arranging for their temporary visas and repatriation flights to the Philippines, while DMW and OWWA are preparing for shelter and other welfare assistance during transit.
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