The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling on the 52 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remaining in South Sudan to take advantage of the Philippine government's repatriation program and leave the strife-torn country.

Thirty Filipinos have been repatriated and 57 others were evacuated to neighboring countries, including Dubai, Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said on Thursday.

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