10 Filipino Seafarers who were Kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea Arrive Home

The Department of Foreign Affairs through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA), confirms the arrival of the 10 Filipino seafarers kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea on 19 April 2021. (DFA photo)

CLARK 20 April 2021 — The Department of Foreign Affairs, through its Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA), welcomed on 19 April 2021 the arrival of the ten (10) Filipino seafarers kidnapped from the chemical tanker Davide B off the coast of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.

The safe return home of the seafarers was made possible through close coordination between the Philippine government, through its Embassies in Abuja and The Hague, the Dutch owners of the tanker and the local manning agency Elburg Ship Management Philippines Inc. END