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Pinoy workers planning return to Libya

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines said Friday that many of the thousands of its workers who fled Libya due to unrest this year would likely return now that former leader Moammar Gaddafi has been killed.

“The Philippines congratulates the Libyan people for their latest victory and the total liberation of Libya,” the foreign affairs department said in a statement.

Thousands of Filipinos consider Libya their second home, it added.

“Many hope to return, work, and contribute to the reconstruction and rebuilding of the new Libya,” it said.

Most of the roughly 30,000 Filipinos working in Libya fled the North African nation this year after More >