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DFA brings home over 153K Pinoys since coronavirus outbreak
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has facilitated the repatriation of over 153,000 overseas Filipinos, with an additional 8,329 expected to arrive this week.
Of the total repatriates, 62.4 percent were land-based while 37.6 percent were sea-based.
The DFA utilized 39 special commercial repatriation flights from various regions including the Middle East, Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Repatriation efforts extended to Filipinos from countries without direct flights to the Philippines, such as Kenya, Peru, and Israel.
Three DFA-chartered flights are scheduled to arrive this long weekend from Doha, Riyadh, and Kuala Lumpur, bringing home over 1,000 distressed overseas Filipinos.
The DFA is actively coordinating with its Foreign Service Posts and partner agencies to arrange more repatriation flights for September.
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