MANILA - A total of 91 Filipinos living in Libya at thistime began to leave the State-controlled Khadafi
They center on his way to Egypt. This figure is the thousands of foreign workers who boarded the ship chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
"I am happy to go home," said a resident Filipino, as quoted by CBN, Friday (26/08/2011).
The Filipinos in Libya granted access to home security by the Libyan opposition. They were also accompanied by the wife of Philippine Ambassador to Libya as it leaves the country at war.
A total of 1700 Filipinos working in Libya as a nurse and also labor in the factory.
Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs had previously been requested IOM to assist with the evacuation of its citizens in Libya.
Most of the Filipinos in Libya was reluctant to leave the country because it is difficult for them to get jobs in their own country.
Office of the Embassy of the Philippines had become the victims of the Libyan war. Stolen car belonging to embassy officials by Libyan opposition forces, because that is the increasingly heated Libya, the Philippine government is very concerned and intends to evacuate all its citizens.
