Some 289 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) onboard a chartered Philippine Airlines flight from Kuwait are due to arrive later this evening in the Philippines. Kuwaiti authorities apprehended the OFWs over the past month as part of an ongoing crackdown in the Middle Eastern country targeting migrant workers with residency violations and absconding cases. Most of the apprehended OFWs are longtime runaway workers.
A team from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) through its attached agency Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will meet the OFWs upon their arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The DMW-OWWA team led by Deputy Administrator Arnell Ignacio will assist the OFWs through the post-repatriation process which includes services for airport assistance, psycho-social counseling, stress debriefing as well as medical referrals. Temporary shelter and accommodations will be provided to the OFWs while transportation to their respective provinces is arranged.
There are 289 OFW passengers on PAL chartered flight PR 8764. 245 of the deportees came from the Kuwaiti Deportation Center. Among the other repatriates are pregnant women (3), medical cases (3), mother and child (5), and other wards (33 cases).
The National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), meanwhile, will also assist the repatriated OFWs with their reintegration needs. (VerGarciaBlogs)
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