The government is crafting a plan to repatriate more than 400 Filipinos who are willing to return home amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
“There are more than 400 now who would want to be repatriated. So, basically, we’re just putting the plans together how we will bring them back home as quickly as possible,” Marcos Jr. said during an interview on the sidelines of his participation in the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Vientiane, Laos.
Currently, Lebanon remains under Alert Level 3,
Elevating it to Level 4, according to the President, will depend on the prevailing situation.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine embassy are doing the assessment before changing the response level, he added.
Marcos Jr. also said that shipowners have been warned to avoid sailing near the conflict areas to ensure their safety.
“Actually, kumukuha ako ng report more than once a day. So, I got the report early (Wednesday) morning na mayroon tayong binigay na directive sa ating mga kaibigan na shipowners na huwag na silang dadaan doon sa mga delikadong lugar. And so, that’s what we did.”IMT
