ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | June 19, 2021
Pinauwi na sa Pilipinas ang 325 overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) mula sa UAE noong Huwebes na naapektuhan ng COVID-19 pandemic.
Ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs, kabilang sa mga na-repatriate ay 88 na “pregnant distressed overseas Filipinos.”
Saad pa ng ahensiya noong Huwebes, “A total of 325 distressed OFWs arrived this morning at the NAIA Terminal 1. This is the third flight from UAE this year especially chartered by the DFA through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) using the DFA’s Assistance to National Fund.”
Nilinaw naman ng DFA na sasailalim sa “stringent facility-based quarantine” ang mga napauwing OFWs bilang pagsunod sa health protocols ng Department of Health (DOH) - Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ).
Bukas pa rin umano ang DFA para sa mga Pilipinong nais umuwi sa bansa. Saad pa ni DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs Sarah Lou Y. Arriola, "To our kababayan in distress, we hear you. We are here for you. “This recent arrival is a clear testament of our commitment to bring you home.”