At least 340 Filipinos who were safely evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan are now traveling to Egypt, Secretary Susan Ople of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Friday.
Ople said land travel takes roughly 15 hours from Khartoum, Sudan, to the Egyptian border. The journey from the Sudan-Egypt border to Cairo will take the same amount of time.“Labor Attaché Hector Cruz will be the first one [going to the border, and our team will deliver food and water for the 340 people. We will go there after lunch, and we will make sure that the 340 Filipinos will be able to rest before they travel to Cairo ,” Ople said in a virtual press conference from Egypt.
Individuals coming from Sudan are now subject to tighter vetting by the Egyptian government, which presents difficulties, particularly for those with insufficient documents.the Philippine government to process entry procedures for Egypt more quickly.Ople said that the affected overseas Filipino workers will each get $200 as immediate financial assistance.Of the 50 Filipinos in Aswan, 49 are students of Islamic studies.
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