One hundred sixteen Filipinos are still in Ukraine while around 200 seafarers are “stranded” amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola said. | CMRamosINQ
“Kaya nagiingat na sila. ‘Di sila makapag-sail kasi baka tamaan naman yung kanilang mga merchant ships. Medyo stranded sila ngayon doon sa Black Sea or dun malapit po sa port,” Arriola said.The only problem for them, according to Arriola, is they could not sail.
“Kasi nga may presence na rin ng mga armed conflict, may nangyayari na ring armed conflict doon sa dagat so medyo apektado talaga tayo ng giyerang ‘to,” she added. Service members of pro-Russian troops in uniforms without insignia are seen atop of a tank with the letter “Z” painted on its sides in the separatist-controlled settlement of Buhas , as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 1, 2022.
“Although, malayo tayo sa Ukraine, dahil ang Pilipinas ang may pinakamaraming seafarers sa buong mundo. So halos lahat po ng mga barko na naglalayag, may Pilipino,” she also said.Meanwhile, 19 others have crossed the border in Poland on Thursday, while 27– 21 of whom are seafarers–are now on their way to Bucharest, Romania for their eventual repatriation to the Philippines.
Four other Filipinos are now in Romania, 15 are in Hungary and nine are in Austria, according to Arriola.
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