THE Department of Foreign Affairs has lowered the crisis alert level for Libya from 4 to 2 following the recommendation of a security assessment team from the Philippines that no incidence of violence occurred in that country for the past several weeks.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. has approved the lowering of the Crisis Alert Level for Libya from 4 (Mandatory Repatriation/Evacuation) to 2 (Restriction Phase which found that a downgrade was warranted to conform to the prevailing security situation therein.
The SAT was deployed to Tripoli, Libya from August 9 to 13.
The DFA said that alert Level 2 is issued if there are threats to the life, security and property of Filipinos arising from internal disturbances, instability, and/or external threat.
