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DFA repatriates over 7,000 overseas Filipinos this week

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs  repatriated over 7000 overseas Filipinos this week. The DFA said with the additional 7,732 repatriates, the number of Filipinos brought home since February rose to 231,026. Of these, 76,069 or 32.93 percent were sea-based, while 154957 or 67.07 percent were land-based. The DFA said it flew home 6,344 overseas Filipinos from the Middle East on board 28 special commercial repatriation flights it facilitated. Of these, 5,162  arrived from Saudi […]