THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) repatriated 327,511 distressed overseas Filipinos, mostly workers affected by the pandemic, in 2020.
HOME AT LAST Dozens of the 264 overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates raise their fists upon their arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Jan. 1, 2021. Their repatriation was the work of a 14-member delegation led by Special Envoy and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief Presidential Protocol Robert E.A. Borje and Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Arriola. MALACAÑANG PHOTO