91 Pinoys in Libya sign up for repatriation
On Monday, the DFA raised the alert level in Libya to 4, which means the mandatory evacuation and repatriation of Filipino nationals in the area at the Philippine government’s expense.“It’s alert level number 4 which is mandatory repatriation. But at the end of the day, it’s still the decision of our workers whether to leave or not. But given the circumstances, we are hoping that they would take this offer of repatriation,” he said.
However, Hernandez said that since it's dangerous to go out, Filipinos have been advised to stay in doors and wait for further advice from the embassy.
“But for now, because the streets are full of danger, there are clashes in the streets, machine gun fires and explosions and even celebratory activities, we are enjoining our Filipinos in Libya not to go out into the streets but to stay in their home and workplaces and wait for the advice from the embassy in the preparation for their eventual repatriation,” he said.
In my own opinion:
Some Filipinos in Libya are not safe because of the war. Our embassy's are doing their best to help them. For me, some Filipinos are staying there because of their jobs. If they come back in the Philippines, they don't have any job and the salaries here in the Philippines are not enough. It is not easy to live in other country while there is a war because you might die any time. They said that "stay in their home", what if their food is not enough for them? The Philippine embassy there must help them and they should provide food until the war ends.
If Philippines provides many jobs and high salaries, there will be no problem but as we all know, others are becoming OFW's so that they can able to provide money to their own family. Filipino's should help each other when this kind of problem occur.
