Fifteen overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and three children, who are affected by the escalating tension in Lebanon, safely arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City on the morning of August 17, 2024. (File photo from Department of Migrant Workers’ Facebook page)
MANILA, Philippines — Seventy-four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have safely returned to the country from Lebanon, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
In a report on Wednesday night, the DMW disclosed that the OFWs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City last February.
It added that the migrant workers “voluntarily availed themselves of the government repatriation program” so that they go back to the Philippines.
“The repatriation of the batch brings the total to 1,564 OFWs and 65 dependents who have safely returned from Lebanon through Philippine government on-site, shelter, repatriation and post-arrival assistance since the start of Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023,” the agency said.
Some of DMW officials, along with representatives from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the Department of Health, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, welcomed the repatriates.
