Ban on OFW deployments to Nigeria, Libya and South Sudan lifted (Philippines)

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The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration had lifted the ban on deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to Nigeria, Libya and South Sudan.

Citing Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, the Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network report that the POEA lifted the ban for Nigeria following pronouncement by the Department of Foreign Affairs that the security situation there has improved.

Baldoz reportedly said the ban for Libya was lifted after the crisis alert level in that country was lowered.

As for South Sudan, the deployment ban was lifed since the political and security situation there had improved.

POEA records shows that 2,152 OFWs work in Libya, 1,691 in Nigeria, and 1,941 in Sudan, Baldoz pointed out according to the report.

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