Migrante asks Noynoy to evacuate 1,700 OFWs trapped in Libya
02/21/2011Receiving a direct call from its affiliate in Libya, a Filipino migrant rights group yesterday said there are about 1,700 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are trapped at the ongoing airport construction in Benghazi, Libya.
John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional director, said Gil Lebria, Migrante country coordinator in Libya, informed him about the request of the trapped OFWs to the Philippine government for an immediate evacuation as protest against the Libyan government is brewing.
Last Feb. 19, citing local reports, Libyan government forces fired on the protesters in the Eastern City of Benghazi, killing at least 15 persons and wounding many others when the government tried to suppress the protesters calling for an end of Moammar Gadhafi’s 42-year reign in Libya.
It was reported that Internet has been shut up and the only available form of communication is by telephone and cell phone, but is expected to be cut soon..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110221nat1.html
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