MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-two Filipino trafficking survivors from Syria have been flown home to the Philippines as their traffickers and recruiters face human trafficking cases, the Philippines Embassy in Syria said in a statement.
This latest repatriation resulted in the embassy shelter being “fully emptied out” for the “first time in history.”
The 22 Filipinos, the final batch of repatriated wards who stayed at the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) embassy shelter, left Syria on June 24.
They arrived in the Philippines on June 26, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a separate statement Sunday.
Many of those repatriated have been staying in the sh…
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