OFWs from Libya. 蜜桃工作室 FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥擣ilipino workers may leave the war-torn Libya even without an exit visa, Labor Secretary Rosalinda听Baldoz听said.
The Libyan Ministry of Labor gave the go signal for Filipinos to leave the troubled country even without the required exit visa,听Baldoz听said in a statement.
She said Labor听Attache听to Tripoli Nasser Mustafa reported to Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator Hans听Cacdac听that 鈥渆xit visa is no longer a problem for our OFWs.鈥�
Baldoz听added that labor officials need not to negotiate with Libyan employers to issue exit visas for OFWs.
鈥淭his also means that Filipino workers who wish to avail of the mandatory repatriation need not beg with their employers to allow them to leave Libya,鈥澨鼴aldoz听said.
In his report, Labor听Attache听Mustafa said he has a听masterlist听of 722 OFW repatriates, 549 of whom have already left Libya for the Philippines.
The country鈥檚 Department of Foreign Affairs has听raised crisis alert level 4 in Libya, implementing a total deployment ban and mandatory evacuation.
The government has been unstable since the fall of long-time dictator Muammar听Gaddhafi听in 2011.
The conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli started when Islamist-led militias 鈥� mostly from the western city of听Misrata听鈥� launched a surprise assault on the airport, which under control of rival militias composed of mostly anti-Gadhafi rebels.
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