Most OFWs in Lebanon unwilling to flee unrest

By Javier Joe Ismael

Aug 31, 2024 12:12 am

(UPDATE) THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday that only about 1,000 out of 11,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon were willing to be repatriated despite the escalating tensions in the Middle Eastern country.

'What we want right now is for our countrymen to indicate who wants to go home while there is still an airport and airlines. If war happens and the airport is closed, that would be difficult,' Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said.

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