More than 40 Filipinos evacuated from Kyiv, Ukraine await repatriation — DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday reported that more than 40 Filipinos have evacuated from Kyiv to the city of Lviv in Ukraine and are now awaiting repatriation amid the invasion by Russia.

According to a tweet on Friday by DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola, Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah Basinag-Ruiz had received in Lviv 37 Filipinos who traveled the whole day from Kyiv.

The Filipinos were accommodated in a hotel in Lviv, as Ruiz said the Philippine Embassy will assist them in leaving Ukraine and entering Poland so they could board their flights on the way home to the Philippines.

“The Philippine Embassy in cooperation with DFA-OUMWA, is committed to assisting the remaining Filipinos in Kyiv and in other parts of Ukraine in order to bring them out of harm's way while there is still time,” Ruiz said.

The Philippine government had prepared local and international relocation for OFWs in Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has said. —Jamil Santos/KG, GMA News