The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has evacuated from Yemen a group of 243 Filipinos and one Yemeni national on April 6.
In a statement, the DFA said the group consisted of 111 males, 112 females and 21 minor children while lone Yemeni national in the group is the father of Filipino children.
This was the second batch of evacuees who traveled by land, bringing the total number of Filipinos to 342.
The group traveled in a convoy of five buses and was accompanied by Philippine Honorary Consul Mohammad Al Jamal.
They left the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a at 8:30 a.m. (Saudi time) yesterday, taking a direct route through Hajjah, a mountain city in the northwest, and onwards to Harad, the last town before the border.
They arrived at the Tuwal-Jizan border crossing at 04:45 p.m. (Saudi time) on the same day.
The 290 kilometer trip was safe and unimpeded, in spite of a few checkpoints along the way.
A third batch of 44 evacuees has started the land journey today from the coastal city of Hodeidah, joined by the Philippine Honorary Consul Al Jamal and Philippine Embassy attache Mel Balladolid.
Manila Bulletin
