Tag: Filipino repatriation

DFA: First group of Filipino evacuees from Ukraine now in Poland

(Eagle News) — The first group of Filipino evacuees from Ukraine arrived in Poland over the weekend, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the evacuees were welcomed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., after attending the European Union Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in Paris. The department said the DFA chief welcomed the evacuees on board a bus. Food and bottled water were also distributed to the evacuees. According […]

368,736 Filipinos repatriated since February 2020

(Eagle News) — Over 300,000 Filipinos have been repatriated since the start of repatriation efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the total 368,736 Filipinos brought home to the Philippines include the additional 4725 overseas Filipinos repatriated last week. These include distressed overseas Filipinos from the United Kingdom and Japan, undocumented overseas Filipinos from Malaysia and Jordan, and medical repatriates from Bahrain and Oman. The DFA said of […]

DFA repatriates 139 Filipinos from Myanmar

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Myanmar. The DFA said the 139 Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Monday, via a chartered AirAsia special flight. Among those repatriated were 11 dependent children and four dependent parents, including two senior citizens, of the repatriated Filipinos who worked as professionals in Myanmar  but whose contracts were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions in the country. […]

Over 300 Filipinos repatriated from Lebanon arrive

(Eagle News)–Over 300 Filipinos repatriated from Lebanon arrived on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 317 Filipinos arrived  on board DFA-chartered PAL flight PR8681 that landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport-Terminal 2 at 10:38 a.m. Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Robert E.A. Borje led the repatriation and goodwill mission to Lebanon on  September 25. The DFA said the repatriates underwent the appropriate medical protocols upon […]