The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said President Benigno Aquino III approved its recommendation – from Alert Level 4 (mandatory repatriation) in Sana’a and Alert Level 3 (voluntary repatriation) in the rest of Yemen to Alert Level 2 (restriction phase) for the entire country to reflect the current situation there.
The DFA said it also told the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Governing Board of this development immediately after it was informed of Aquino’s approval of the recommendation.
“We anticipate that with the lowering of the alert level, the redeployment of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Yemen Philippines for a vacation, will be allowed to return to Yemen
Del Rosario said the lowering of the alert level will not cover the deployment to Yemen
The DFA said it expects the POEA Governing Board will issue a new resolution that will allow the deployment of returning OFWs to Yemen
The DFA raised Alert Level 3 on the whole of Yemen on May 24 last year and Alert Level 4 in Sana’a on June 6, and asked Filipinos who wish to avail of the Embassy’s repatriation facility to leave the country due to the politico-security situation there.
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