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290 Overseas Filipinos have returned home safely from Lebanon – DMW

October 28, 2024

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has announced that “a total of 290 overseas Filipinos from Lebanon have returned home safely via Philippine-government chartered flight landed today, October 26, 2024 at 3:03pm at NAIA Terminal 1 in Pasay City.”

This is the largest batch of repatriates that is composed of 233 OFW with 13 dependents, and 21 Filipinos with 23 dependents. The returning Filipinos were accompanied by MWO Attaché to Alkhobar, Hector B. Cruz, Jr. from Beirut to Manila.

The repatriation of this batch brings to a total of 903 OFWs and 47 dependents from Lebanon who have been repatriated through the Government’s voluntary repatriation program, under the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

45 OFWs with two children repatriated from Lebanon – DMW

October 17, 2024

In a facebook post, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said that “another batch 45 OFWs with two children from Lebanon have safely returned home, bringing to a total of 525 OFWs and 30 dependents who have been repatriated through the government’s voluntary repatriation program.”

DMW added that “the batch arrived at NAIA Terminal 1 in Pasay City this afternoon, October 17, 2024, via Kuwait Airways 417.”

OFW in Lebanon have been affected by the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, which started with Israel’s war on Gaza last October 2023. The conflict only escalated when “Hezbollah confirmed that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, had been killed in an Israeli air strike on residential buildings in Beirut, which Israel claimed were above Hezbollah’s headquarters, on the night of Friday, September 27.” as reported by Aljazeera.

192 OFWs in Lebanon set to be repatriated from October 11-28 — DMW   

October 10, 2024

Sherylin Untalan, GMA Integrated News;

A total of 192 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon are set to be repatriated until the end of the month, according to Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Thursday.

At a Palace briefing, Cacdac said the Filipinos are being booked in different commercial flights starting Friday, October 11, while 11 are set to arrive this weekend.

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), posted on their official facebook page that the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon “has received 1,721 applications for repatriation, with 511 Filipinos successfully returned home.”

And in a press briefing with DMW and OWWA, an additional 400 Filipinos, today.