(Journal Online) The government is set to repatriate some 340 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the conflict-torn Sudan in the coming days, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople said Saturday.
Ople told President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that a DMW team and a contingent from the Philippine embassy in Cairo, Egypt are now tending to the Filipinos seeking to return home after being caught in the midst of clashes between two warring factions in Sudan.
“The embassy and our DMW teams will make sure they will all be treated well onboard buses and in Cairo,” Ople said.
Ople added the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials and personnel are now processing the required clearances and exit visas for the immediate departure of the Filipinos from the northeastern African country… Read More