Over 1,500 OFWs return amid pandemic

As of June 30, nearly 1,500 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have returned home amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, 262 sailors from Barbados arrived at Clark International Airport and another 320 were expected to arrive later that day from the United Arab Emirates.

The DFA has repatriated over 59,000 OFWs since February, including 31,688 seafarers and 27,353 land-based workers.

On June 28, more than 600 Filipinos returned from Saudi Arabia, Panama, and Hong Kong, bringing the total number of repatriated OFWs to nearly 1,500.

The DFA aims to bring back an additional 27,400 OFWs in the next three weeks.