(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola admitted in an exclusive interview that its P1-billion Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) fund under the General Appropriations Act of 2020 is “almost depleted” and that they are now drawing funds for ongoing and forthcoming repatriations from allocation under the “Bayanihan to Recover as One.” “As of 28 December 2020, out of the ATN Fund under the GAA 2020 which is almost depleted, P598.7M was spent on repatriation alone. As we speak, we have utilized P217.4M for repatriation purposes out of the P820M allocation given through Bayanihan II,” Arriola said in a written response to queries sent by the Manila Bulletin.