More than 50 Filipino evacuees are currently staying in a shelter in Ankara, Turkey after being affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the country and Syria last week, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday.
Interviewed on GMA News’ Balitanghali, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said the Philippine Embassy in Turkey is in touch with the 248 Filipinos in Turkey, who will all be receiving financial assistance from the Philippine government.
De Vega added that these Filipinos are not all overseas Filipino workers . Some of them are already Turkish residents. “‘Yung isa, nilibing kasi ayun ang hiniling ng kanyang asawa… ‘Yung isa naman, pauwi na ‘yung kanyang labi itong Linggo mismo. Inaayos ng Embahada ‘yung repatriation ng kanyang remains,” de Vega said.
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