MANILA, Philippines — More than 383,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated back to the Philippines since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Thursday.
During the online hearing of the House committee on overseas workers affairs, the DFA said they have repatriated 383,917 overseas Filipinos —of which 281,355 are land-based overseas Filipinos, while 102,562 are sea-based.
The repatriated Filipinos came from more than 90 countries and 150 cruise ships and other vessels.
Of the more than 383,000 overseas Filipinos repatriated since the start of the pandemic, more than 327,000 were brought back in 2020.
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