Around 200 Filipinos evacuating violence-stricken Sudan were held “hostage” en route to the border of Egypt as the bus they were on stopped “in the middle of the desert” and they were asked to pay an additional $10,000 fee. | SAbrogarINQ
According to Bienviaje, Filipinos leaving Sudan booked a total of four buses, and each bus should carry 49 Filipinos. He said all four buses stopped the trip along the way to Aswan and demanded an extra fee of $5,000 for each bus in order to continue their travel.
Bienviaje and fellow OFW Jon Emil Deza said they were not able to pay the additional charge for their bus. “Hindi po namin alam. Ang usapan po sa bus, sa kontrata po, itatawid po kami ng Aswan. Ngayon binaba po kami rito sa Argeen,” said Bienviaje when asked why the buses discontinued the trip.“’Yung ibang bus po ng Pilipino ay itatawid po talaga sila. Pero kami pong apat na bus, binaba,” he added.Based on the details shared by Bienviaje and Deza, their bus left Elnefeidi Compound in Sudan’s capital Khartoum at around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday . Their trip, however, ended at Argeen at around 11:00 p.m.
INQUIRER.net has reached out to the Department of Foreign Affairs for comments on this matter and for other details related to the evacuation of Filipinos in Sudan but has not received a response as of writing.
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