The DFA is eyeing to bring back the first batch of 50 OFWs from the war-torn Sudan this weekend, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Edurado De Vega said. | BPinlacINQ
De Vega said that after the initial batch, the DFA hopes to bring home another 350 OFWs a week later.“Ang problema lang ang yung agawan ng commercial flights din also. Pero at least, yun din ang naiisip namin para di na tumagal pa. Remember po, itong weekend, dapat, sana na sa Pilipinas na itong 50, kung hindi, siguro, sa Lunes ganyan,” he said.According to the DFA’s statement on Friday, a total of 496 Filipinos have been evacuated from Khartoum, with 414 of them at the Sudan-Egypt border.
The DFA also said that eight OFWs flew to Athens through the help of the Greek military. Sixteen other OFWs arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and have been met with the DFA’s consulate general there.apid developments in Sudan, however, have made it difficult for the DFA to give concrete timelines and numbers, with the agency asking for patience if figures do not always align.
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