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16 Filipino seafarers stranded in China amid COVID-19 pandemic to arrive in PHL tomorrow

Three land-based OFWs to return home, too (Eagle News)–Nineteen Filipinos from China will be arriving in the Philippines tomorrow. The Department of Foreign Affairs said  of the 19, 16 were seafarers who have been stranded amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Eleven of these were  from Ocean Star 86 who have been stranded in Dongshan since March. Earlier, Migrante alleged the government was not exerting efforts to get the seafarers home, an allegation the DFA strongly denied. […]