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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 22) - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said 13,320 more Filipinos abroad were repatriated last week just in time for Christmas.
This raises the total of Filipinos brought home to 314,158 since coronavirus-related repatriations started last February.
The DFA said 64 special commercial repatriation flights were facilitated last week. Included in these flights were 74 overseas Filipino workers from Diego Garcia island; 33 OFWs and a minor from Cambodia; 21 human trafficking victims from the United Arab Emirates; nine undocumented Filipinos from Iraq; four OFWs and two minors from Guangzhou, China; two medical repatriates from Oman; two undocumented OFWs from Vietnam; one household service worker from Iran; and a stranded seafarer from the Bahamas.
Additional 13,320 overseas Filipinos repatriated before Christmas
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