45 Pinoy workers repatriated from strife-torn Syria
At least 45 overseas Filipino workers arrived home from strife-torn Syria shortly before midnight Saturday, after availing of the government's repatriation program.
The 45 arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 aboard a Qatar Airways QR-644 flight, radio dzBB's Rodil Vega reported early Sunday.
Of the 45, two were found to be undocumented, the report said.
Welcoming them at the airport were personnel of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
The report said the OFWs were brought first to Beirut in Lebanon from Damascus, then flown to Manila via Qatar Airways.
It said this brought to 3,631 the number of OFWs who had been repatriated to the Philippines.
The Philippine government continues to convince OFWs in Syria to avail of repatriation. — LBG, GMA News
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