ONLY 19 of the 1,000 Filipinos in Tripoli wanted to be repatriated as the rest working or living in the Libyan capital saw no immediate need to go home, the Philippine embassy there said on Monday.

Chargés d'affaires and Philippine head of mission Elmer Cato, said on Twitter, 'Philippine embassy in Libya visited Filipino nurses at the Oil Clinic in Tripoli to tell them about our repatriation offer. There were no takers. They said they would stay. It's Day 10 of the conflict but only 19 of the 1,000 Filipinos in Tripoli want to go home.'