Nine overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and five children were repatriated from Lebanon on Thursday, Dec. 28, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
The Filipinos arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City via Philippine Airlines (PAL) PR685.
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The DMW said the OFWs, who volunteered to be repatriated, received immediate assistance from the DMW and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, including on-site assistance and reintegration services.
DMW Assistant Secretaries Venecio Legaspi and Francis Ron de Guzman led the welcome.
They were given "all the necessary assistance and other forms of support from the government."
Currently, a total of 111 OFWs have already been repatriated from Lebanon due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
