Philippines achieves internal target of repatriati

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The Philippine government has achieved its internal target of repatriating Filipinos from Tripoli, Benghazi and other areas in Libya [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a senior government official said Monday.
"We have accomplished this, with the pick-up of our Filipino nationals from Misuratha and Brega, as well as the voyage of the MV Ionian Queen from Tripoli," Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration Rafael E. Seguis said at a press conference.
As of Monday morning [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 4,222 overseas Filipino workers from Libya have arrived in Manila.
"With the tremendous effort of our personnel from the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, and with the support of people from the respective home offices of DFA and DOLE [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we were able to get around 12,000 Filipinos in Libya out of harm's way, with about a third of them already back in Manila," Seguis explained.
He added that this week and up to Saturday, the foreign affairs and labor departments will be on mop-up operations, and get Filipinos in other areas who wish to be repatriated home to the Philippines.