Evacuated Pinoys from Ukraine back home
THREE groups of Filipino evacuees from Ukraine, along with their dependents have arrived in Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
They departed Warsaw, Poland on March 5, 2022. The latest arrivals came from the capital city of Kyiv and other areas in the western part of Ukraine.
The first group, consisting of 4 Filipino adults, 3 Filipino-Ukrainian children with their 3 Ukrainian mothers, arrived in the afternoon via Qatar Airlines flight. The second group of 2 Filipino adults, a Filipino-Ukrainian child, and his Ukrainian mother arrived in the evening. The third group of 3 Filipino nationals from Kyiv arrived in Manila on their own arrangements.
The Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Kyiv assisted the evacuees in traveling from Kyiv to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, while the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw provided for their transportation, accommodation, and meals in Warsaw.
The embassy also made arrangements for their travel documents and visas, COVID-19 RT-PCR tests, and their eventual flights to Manila.
