DEPLOYMENT BAN ON YEMEN
National Administrative Register [ POEA ADVISORY NO. 24, S. 2011, May 25, 2011 ]
Pursuant to the travel advisory dated 24 May 20011 issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raising the crisis alert level in Yemen to Alert level No. 3 in the light of continuing political tension and escalating violence in the capital city of Sanaa where most of the Filipino nationals are located, a deployment ban on Yemen is put in place effective immediately.
All recruitment agencies deploying workers to Yemen and their employers are hereby directed to activate/stand by with their contingency plans for their affected workers and submit progressive reports providing information on the location, names of employers, and status of their workers on-site.
Concerned agencies are hereby instructed to submit reports to the Office of the Director, Welfare and Employment Office, this Administration, or e-mail at poea_weo@ yahoo.com, within 48hours from issuance of this Advisory.
For immediate and strict compliance.
Adopted: 25 May 2011
(SGD.) CARLOS S. CAO, JR.
Administrator