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354 distressed OFWs from Saudi arrive in PH—DOLE

More than 300 distressed overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country on Wednesday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the 354 OFWs were brought home onboard a chartered Philippine Airlines flight, PR655, which landed in Manila at about 12:30 p.m.

Bello said OFWs included in the flight were 12 workers from Jussur Emdad, 45 workers from Arkad Co., 14 OFWs previously employed by a number of companies based in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia, as well as walk-in OFWs whose exit visas were facilitated by the labor office in Riyadh, he added.

Labor Attache Nasser Mustafa said majority of the passengers are distressed OFWs from Philippine Overseas Labor Office’s Bahay Kalinga in Riyadh, and from temporary shelters maintained by the POLOs in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.

DOLE said it has so far transported more than 111,400 returning OFWs to their respective provinces.

Comprising the last batch of OFWs to be sent home are 3,035 workers who took their rides in OWWA-arranged buses and other means of transportation on Monday.

Staff Report

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