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Total number of Filipinos repatriated from Middle Eastern country since start of COVID-19 pandemic now at 3,000 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 300 distressed overseas Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, bringing the total of repatriates from that country since the start of the pandemic to 3,000. According to the DFA, the 350 overseas Filipinos included 112 pregnant Filipinos and 12 persons with disabilities. They arrived in […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Myanmar on Thursday, April 9. The department said the 163 Filipinos, most of whom were stranded in the country due to travel restrictions from the pandemic, arrived via the government’s third chartered flight from the Southeast Asian country at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The 163 Filipinos that included four senior citizens and 14 minors, including three infants brought the total number […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 10,000 Filipinos abroad were repatriated by the government in the first days of this month. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 9,981 overseas Filipinos figure was as of December 1 to 5. The DFA said the breakdown is as follows: 8,432 (84.48%) from the Middle East 843 (8.45%) from Asia and the Pacific; and 706 (7.07%) from Europe According to the department, five medical repatriations were made from Bahrain, Japan, […]
(Eagle News)–Over 185,000 Filipinos abroad have been repatriated since February, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the 185,650, 120602 or 64.96 percent were land-based and 65048 or 35.04 percent were sea-based. This week, the DFA said most of the repatriates were from the Middle East, at 8132. Arrivals from Europe have reached 1299, including three medical cases from Turkey, Spain and Malta; 1089 from the Americas; and 981 from Asia. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriated over 42,000 overseas Filipinos in August amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said of the 42,583 repatriated, 76.1 percent flew in from the Middle East. The breakdown of returnees is as follows: 32,389 or 76.1% from the Middle East; 4,423 or 10.4% from Asia and the Pacific; 4,109 or 9.6% from the Americas; 1,571 or 3.7% from Europe; and 91 or 0.2% from Africa. According to the DFA, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the DFA said the 344 Filipinos from Jeddah and other parts of the western region of the kingdom were “among the hundreds of (Overseas Filipino Workers) who were economically displaced and got stranded in the Kingdom because of the COVID-19 crisis that continues to ravage the Saudi economy.” The group, the DFA said, included 76 former Filipino […]
