29 November 2013 – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario has lowered the Crisis Alert Level 3 (Voluntary Repatriation) to Alert Level 2 ( Restriction Phase) due to continued improvement in the political and security situation in Egypt.

Alert Level 2 (Restriction Phase) is issued when there are real threats to the life, security and property of Filipinos from internal disturbance or external threat.  Under Alert Level 2, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) allows only returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with existing employment contracts, or a group of OFWs under special circumstances, to go back to their host country.

As of 17 November 2013, a total of 168 Filipinos in Egypt have been repatriated to the Philippines.

The Philippine Embassy in Cairo continues to extend assistance to some 6,000 Filipinos in Egypt.  END