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Over 600 Filipinos repatriated from UAE arrive

(Eagle News)–Over 600 Filipinos were recently repatriated from the United Arab Emirates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 648 Filipinos arrived at the Clark airport and Ninoy Aquino International Airport on board two special commercial flights from Dubai. The flights, the DFA said, were made possible in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates’ government, the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai. “All  repatriates underwent […]

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Gov’t repatriates 160 Filipinos from Japan

(Eagle News)–The government has recently repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, June 1. In a statement, the DFA said the 160 Filipinos had been stranded for weeks due to “pandemic related multiple flight cancellations, limited airline seat availability, or prohibitive airfare rebooking costs.” The DFA said the Filipinos departed from Narita International Airport via a chartered flight mounted by the DFA, through the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo […]

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DFA: 786 Filipinos repatriated from Cambodia, US, Germany, Portugal recently

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, May 28, reported repatriating over 700 overseas Filipinos as  it closed in on its third month of repatriation efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 786 Filipinos arrived on board four different flights from the USA, Germany, Cambodia, and Portugal. The first to arrive on Thursday were 124  Filipinos stranded in San Francisco, USA. They were followed by 375 seafarers of AIDA Cruises from Hamburg, […]

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