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WITH the Hezbollah militant group threatening a ' total war ' against Israel , a migration analyst on Saturday, November 11, 2023, urged the Philippine government to consider proactively repatriating overseas Filipino workers based in Lebanon . In a statement, migration analyst Emmanuel Geslani asked the Philippine government to take proactive measures for the protection and safety of OFWs based in Lebanon .
'Processing of their exit visas is a long and tedious procedure as most of them are undocumented,' said Geslani. Similarly, he said taking early action will prevent a more stressful repatriation process for OFWs, most of whom are household service workers . 'Our HSWs won't have to wait a lot longer for their flights back home,' said Geslani.
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