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DFA urges voluntary repatriation of OFWs in Tripoli

LIBYA. A U.S. amphibious hovercraft departs with evacuees from Janzur, west of Tripoli, on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The United States says it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to deteriorating security conditions. The pullout comes as a Libyan commander's forces advanced toward the capital of Tripoli and clashed with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years helping local forces combat Islamic State and al-Qaida militants and protecting diplomatic facilities. (AP Photo)
LIBYA. A U.S. amphibious hovercraft departs with evacuees from Janzur, west of Tripoli, on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The United States says it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to deteriorating security conditions. The pullout comes as a Libyan commander's forces advanced toward the capital of Tripoli and clashed with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years helping local forces combat Islamic State and al-Qaida militants and protecting diplomatic facilities. (AP Photo)

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, April 8, raised Alert Level 3 anew for Filipino workers in Tripoli and nearby areas in Libya, urging them and their dependents to get repatriated as soon as possible in view of the escalation of factional fighting in that country.

"In view of the current situation in #Tripoli, the #Philippines Embassy reiterates its call for Filipinos working and living in the capital and nearby areas to consider getting themselves and their dependents repatriated as soon as possible," the Philippine Embassy in Libya said in a tweet Monday.

(MVI/SunStar Philippines)
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