“We will have to wait for the results of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) security assessment,” Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Carlos Cao Jr. said the DFA and other concerned government agencies are set to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation in Libya.
“We will discuss the security, political and deployment implications of the killing of Ghadafi, so until then our OFWs will have to wait,” he said.
Cao also cautioned aspiring OFWs against accepting jobs offers from recruiters who are claiming that there are job openings in Libya at this time.
“For their safety, OFWs should wait for the announcement of the Philippine government if the ban has already been lifted,” he said.
However, there were already reports that some repatriated workers from Libya have started sneaking back to the war-torn country and returning to their previous jobs.
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