Overseas Filipino workers who returned home from Yemen can now go back to their work there, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Governing Board said.

The Philippine government on Monday allowed the redeployment of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWS) to Yemen after it lowered the alert level in that country to “2.”

Amid the escalation of armed clashes there in past days, the Philippine government reiterated over the weekend its call to Filipinos in Sanaa in Yemen to leave the area.

At least 21 more Filipinos heeded the Philippine government’s call to leave Yemen amid the political tensions there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday.

Migrante International, a militant migrant workers’ group has challenged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to explain why as of June 5, only 27 Filipinos have been repatriated from the strife-torn Yemen.

Despite the Philippine ban on labor deployment, at least three Filipinos were able to sneak into strife-torn Yemen, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised the crisis alert level in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to “4″ because of the worsened politico-security situation in the city.

The Philippine Embassy team in Sanaa encouraged anew Filipinos to leave Yemen and avail of the Philippine government’s voluntary repatriation program.

More than 100 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have expressed their willingness to leave Yemen, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said.

The Filipino engineer kidnapped in Yemen last month was released by his abductors Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday.