The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday said the government will start the mandatory evacuation of Filipinos in Libya because of the “extremely unstable political and security situation there.”

Under alert level 4, the Philippine government will enforce the forced evacuation of about 13,000 Filipinos as soon as possible. No Filipino will also be allowed to travel to Libya.

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