MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said 13,320 more overseas Filipinos were brought home last week. This brings to a total of 314,158 repatriated Filipinos since the start of COVID-19 related repatriations in February.
According to DFA, 64 special commercial repatriation flights were facilitated last week. Included in the bulk of returning overseas Filipinos were 74 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the island Diego Garcia, 33 OFWs and a minor from Cambodia, and 21 trafficking-in-persons victims from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Also among the repatriates were nine undocumented OFWs from Iraq, four OFWs and two minor children from Guan…
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