Noy gov’t under fire over Libya evacuation 02/25/2011

Noy gov’t under fire over Libya evacuation

02/25/2011
Thousands of Filipino workers are stranded in riot-torn Libya and are desperate to be rescued, an industry support group yesterday said as it blasted the Aquino government’s evacuation efforts.

Migrante International said it had lost contact with many of its members in Libya as they scrambled to find ways of crossing the border to neighboring countries without any government support.

“Government really messed up, they kept telling the workers that there was voluntary evacuation, but how will they know who to look for, or where and how do they get to the assigned places,” Migrante chairman Gary Martinez told Agence France Presse.

“When we spoke to one group of construction workers last night, they said they will try to make it across the border to Egypt by bus today, because they haven’t heard from any government official.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110225hed2.html