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The number of repatriated OFWs has surpassed 800,000

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home has surpassed 800,000.

According to documents from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), 809,374 OFWs were brought home to their respective regions after passing quarantine processes and receiving government support as of Sunday.

Those that returned were largely pandemic-affected workers and OFWs who had been displaced due to lockdowns.

According to the International Labour Organization, the epidemic caused nearly 125 million people to lose their jobs around the world.

“When the pandemic struck, many of our OFWs were powerless, therefore the government started a big repatriation push like no other,” Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement on Sunday.

OFWs were flown back to the Philippines on chartered aircraft at the cost of the government, quarantined in hotels, and tested for Covid-19.

According to Bello, the biggest number of OFWs sent home to regions was 56,925 from November 15 to December 12, 2020.

The greatest number was 45,703 from October 17 to November 13 this year.

“We will maintain the repatriation program as long as we have migrant workers who want to return home but are unable to do so due to pandemic-related issues,” Bello stated.

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