(SunStar) AS RUSSIA starts invading Ukraine, 38 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are set to cross the border to the safer streets of Poland.

According to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa), 38 OFWs are already en route from western Ukraine to Poland.

“They are from the parts of Ukraine, where there is no military build-up of Russian forces. So, from there, they will cross over the borders to Poland,” said Owwa Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac in a television interview.

The labor official also said that another 40 OFWs are eyed for relocation from eastern Ukraine, which is currently facing the Russian assault.

“There are still others that need to be transported out of Kyiv. We have been assured that our OFWs will be transported to safer ground in the west, towards the side of Poland,” said Cacdac.