DFA calls on relatives of Filipinos in Lebanon to convince them to repatriate

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00:00The Department of Foreign Affairs, or DFA, is urging our countrymen with relatives in

00:04Lebanon to encourage them to return to the country while they may be accustomed to crisis

00:09situations.

00:10DFA Assistant Secretary Robert Ferrer emphasized that our government can only conduct voluntary

00:17repatriation as other countries are also implementing similar measures.

00:22It is also important to take advantage of the government's voluntary repatriation program

00:26for those in Lebanon while commercial flights are still available and the situation in Beirut

00:32remains stable.

00:33He said there is no lack of budget or funds for repatriation efforts, but they can't force

00:38them to go home.

00:39Meanwhile, Ferrer stated that no Filipinos were hurt or injured despite the attack targeted

00:45at Hezbollah.

00:46So far, the areas being targeted are only southern Lebanon and Dania neighborhood in

00:55southern Beirut.

00:57We cannot force our countrymen to go home, you know.

01:01Ambassador Banatbat conducted a consultation with the community leaders in Lebanon and

01:07all of them, almost unanimous, are opposed to any mandatory repatriation by the Philippine

01:15government.

01:16Now, we're a democracy here in the Philippines.

01:19We are also a democracy abroad.

01:21They're used to the crisis there.

01:23However, we are processing more than 1,000 requests for voluntary repatriation.

01:28That's one out of ten so far.

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