At least 409 Filipinos, mostly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), were evacuated from strife-torn Sudan in Egypt, Malacañang said on Thursday, April 27. ManilaBulletin
The Palace reported that some 335 OFWs and their family members left Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on April 26 for Egypt via Wadi Halfa Highway.
Malacañang said another 35 OFWs and 15 students were brought to safety in Egypt with the help of their fellow Filipinos in Sudan as well as personnel from the Department of Migrant Workers . Citing a report from the Department of Foreign Affairs , she said that 327 of the 725 Filipinos, who are now registered in the Philippine Embassy in Cairo sought assistance for repatriation.
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