The visit of Foreign Affairs Secretary, Albert Del Rosario in Cairo Egypt prompted him to raise the crisis alert level in Egypt to 4. It is his second visit in the span of two weeks to personally check the security situation in Egypt.

The alert level 4 calls for mandatory repatriation of  Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). It also imposed a total ban on the processing and deployment of all OFWs bound to Egypt.

The announcement from DFA said, “The marked deterioration of peace and order in Egypt, exacerbated by the ongoing political instability and grave security challenges in that country, make working and living there increasingly difficult and dangerous.”

Filipinos in Egypt are asked to immediately get in touch with the Philippine Embassy there. Here are the numbers they can call:

Trunk Lines: (+202) 25213062/64/65/51
Direct Lines: (+202) 2516 6217 / 25213045
Mobile Hotlines: (+2) 012 2743 6472 / 012 8247 6554
Fax No.: (+202) 2521-3048
Facebook: Cairo Philippine Embassy
E-mail: cairope@tedata.net.eg, cairo.pe@dfa.gov.ph

The cost of the mandatory repatriation will be shouldered by the Philippine Government.