With the tension currently happening in the Middle East, the Department of Foreign Affairs is prepared to lift alert and order the mandatory evacuation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) should the tension continues and gets even worse.
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano expressed the department’s great concern to about 2 million OFWs in the Middle East who most of them were in Saudi Arabia
“We are very much concerned with what is happening in the Middle East.”
The DFA also said that it is closely monitoring developments in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Iraq.
However, Cayetano stated that things are still under control as of this time but should the condition gets worse, they will immediately respond by getting our kababayans out of danger.
“There is no need to be alarmed at this point, but if the situation escalates, we can be expected to respond and lead our kababayans out of harm’s way.”
Meanwhile, DFA states that it is also closely monitoring the situation in Lebanon where almost 30,000 OFWs are currently employed.
Should there be tension as Saudi Arabia escalates power struggle, the OFWs will immediately be ordered to leave Lebanon the same way that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE had ordered their citizens to immediately leave their country.
Source: Inquirer
onin
fasal lng mga kababyan n di matuloy ang gyera,,kylangn p ntn mag trabaho para s pamilya ntn
chona barrus
Panu po kmi mkaalis dto sa amo nmin kung sakasakali po?
jenie ralotin delacruz
pray lng po tayu mga kaba2yan..GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME PO..sana hanggat maaga pa po mapauwi na tyung lahat na ofw d2 sa mid.east..bago pa po mahuli ang lhat…at hgt po sa lhat ayaw po ibgay ng employer ko ang aking passport anu po gagawin ko…
Doms
Wala nmn yan mga kabayan ,dasal lng po.
Jeannette Gimena
Kami nga gusto na namin umuwi nandito kmi sa najran saudi.di ok dito lalo sa amo mahigpit na makaltas pa sa sahod.di namin alam paano kmi uuwi.
Nilda Ga-an Liboon
Sana wag naman lumala Ang hidwaan ng mga bansang ating pinaglingkuran bilang ofw..God please help everyone of us to be safe..dahil kailangan pa naming kumita para sa Mahal namin sa buhay..Lord God please tell them to stop fighting and make peace talked..
Rycl rosete
Aku po gusto ku n umuwi ndi ku oinoshod nang amo ku dito sa jeddah
Myline acabal sapio
Papaano po namin malalaman kung papa uween at kung kasama po kami sa pinapauwe? Sino po ang gagastos sa pamasahe namen? Papaano po kung hindi kami pauween ng amo namen?