An announcement from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) website said that the POEA Governing Board has lifted the deployment ban in Nigeria, Libya and South Sudan. Overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) can now freely work in the said countries as the POEA would resume the processing of documents of OFWs who wants to work there.

According to Labor Secretary, Rosalinda Baldoz, the POEA Board issued three different resolutions to lift the deployment ban in the said countries.

According to the first resolution, the deployment ban to Nigeria is fully lifted because of a report from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the security situation in the country has improved.  

The deployment ban to Nigeria was imposed on January 22, 2007 because of political unrest in the country that resulted in numerous reports of kidnapping. The ban in Nigeria was partially lifted on March 13, 2007 so vacationing OFWs from Nigeria who will return to the same employer can be deployed.

On January 31, 2008, the Philippine government decided to re-impose the ban to t include Filipino seamen onboard ships that are entering Nigerian ports. The re-imposed ban was partially lifted on August 12, 2009.

The second resolution from the POEA fully lifts the ban of OFWs to Libya after the Office of the President approved DFA’s recommendation to lower the crisis alert level in Libya from 2 to 1.

The rising political unrest in Libya prompted the POEA Governing Board to impose a deployment ban on February 2011. On December 2011, the POEA issued another resolution that would permit the gradual processing and redeployment of returning workers in the medical and oil sectors only.

Baldoz said, "The gradual processing is no longer in effect as the Governing Board now allows the resumption of the processing and deployment of Filipino workers to Libya."

The last resolution from the POEA Governing Board lifts the deployment ban in South Sudan. The ban in South Sudan except in Khartoum and the Kenana Sugar Plantation in the White Nile was ordered on March 30, 2005 because of unrest in the country.

A total ban to South Sudan was imposed on January 13, 2012, in the light of the worsening political and security conditions.

The Labor Secretary Said, "The decision to lift the ban in the deployment of OFWs to South Sudan was made in the wake of the DFA's recommendation lowering the crisis alert level in South Sudan from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 1."