The Department of Foreign Affairs is pushing for more chartered flights in order to facilitate the immediate repatriation of distressed overseas Filipinos based in the United Arab Emirates.
The Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA) tasked its Middle East Desk and its special repatriation unit to continue the big push in the UAE.
“The DFA is particularly looking at the situation in the UAE. We are mounting four (4) chartered flights this July just as we mounted three (3) UAE repatriation flights last June,” stated Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Atty. Sarah Lou Y. Arriola.
Heads up for Filipinos in UAE! Other DFA repatriation flights on July 12, 17, 29 and 31. Filipinos who wish to come home please contact @PHinUAE @PHinDubai DFA UMWA via FB: OFWHELP & atn@dfa.gov.ph. Tulong-tulong tayo. #BayanihanSaUAE #KalingaAtMalasakit @slyarriola @DubaiOFW 🔗
— PAFA (@ph_opafa) June 30, 2021
The announcement follows the recent DFA repatriation flight from Dubai with some 347 distressed Filipinos onboard. The chartered PAL flight arrived at NAIA Terminal 1 this morning today. The 347 passengers all tested negative in the RT-PCR conducted 48 hours before the flight.
“The DFA chartered flights from the UAE are already scheduled. The flights are to leave UAE on 12, 17, 26 and 30 July. The July 12 flight is especially for those distressed in the Abu Dhabi region while the rest of the flights are for our distressed kababayans in the Dubai area”, added Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Enrico T. Fos
DFA Repatriation Flight PR 8659 now boarding in Dubai. Expected to carry 347 OFWs & set to arrive in NAIA on July 1 at 10:15 am. All passengers tested negative in the RT-PCR conducted 48 hrs before the flight. @teddyboylocsin @ph_opafa #AssistancetoNationals pic.twitter.com/r1JgYwhf5T
— Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola (@slyarriola) June 30, 2021
All repatriates will undergo 14 days stringent facility-based quarantine upon arrival in Manila, in conformity with the country’s health protocols.
“The DFA upholds its sworn duty to help every Filipino in distress anywhere in the world. The men and women of the Department, through its consulates and embassies abroad, will exhaust all efforts and go the distance in order to bring our kababayans safely home”, concluded Undersecretary Arriola.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/OFWHelpPH/posts/639139567479050
