The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has announced that it will provide financial and livelihood assistance to more than 325 overseas Filipinos Workers (OFWs) in Sudan who asked the government for repatriation amid the growing conflict between the soldiers and paramilitary forces.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople revealed that she will go to Cairo, Egypt to oversee the repatriation of OFWs who feared of getting stuck and hurt in the ongoing fight in their host country.
“We are closely coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs for the identification of locations of cross-border assistance efforts,” said Ople.
She bared that over 700 OFWs have already contacted the nearest Philippine embassy and at least 325 of them have already requested for repatriation, with numbers expected to rise.
Moreover, Ople noted that repatriated OFWs would be given US$200 as an immediate assistance while livelihood assistance would be offered to those who would agree to go home.
“The DMW has reached out to the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to discuss the possibility of temporary jobs for Filipino workers displaced by the ongoing conflict,” she added.
