MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / June 4, 2013) – Dozens of Filipino workers trapped in the strife-torn Syria are expected to return home, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
It said the Filipinos will be met by representatives of the Philippine Embassy in Beirut in Lebanon at the Masna’a border crossing and then brought to Rafic Hariri International Airport to take a flight bound for Doha in Qatar.
They are expected to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Wednesday via Qatar Airways flight QR 646.
Upon the group’s arrival, the total number of repatriates will reach 4,305.
The DFA said it continues to appeal to all Filipinos who are still in Syria to seek immediate repatriation as the security situation in the country continues to deteriorate.
It said Filipino workers may call the Philippine Embassy at +963-11-6132626, +963-96-8955057, +963-93-4957926, +963-99-2264145, +963-96-8953340, or +963-95-8903893.
The families of Filipinos in Syria may also provide the DFA with latest information regarding their kin’s present location and contact details in Syria and may call the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs in Manila at this telephone number 02-8343240, 02-834-4583 or the DFA’s 24-hour Action Center at 02-834-3333.
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