POEA crisis response team to aid Filipinos in Libya

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has formed a “Libyan Crisis Response Team” that will ensure the safety and welfare of overseas Filipino workers amid the worsening civil unrest in Libya.

“I have created this quick response team in view of the continuing deterioration of the political and security situation in Libya as indicated by the decision of the Department of Foreign Affairs to raise the crisis alert level status for Libya from Crisis Alert Level 2 (Restriction Phase) to Crisis Alert Level 3 (Voluntary Repatriation Phase),” Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, who chairs the POEA governing board, said.