DMW ready to bring home OFWs in Israel

by Claire Bernadette Mondares - Catherine S. Valente

Oct 13, 2023 12:08 am

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is preparing to bring home from war-torn Israel 22 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), together with the bodies of the two Filipinos who died in the conflict.

'We are also bracing ourselves for repatriation. There were [OFWs] who already requested for repatriation only in Israel, because Gaza is being handled by the DFA [Department of Foreign Affairs], where there are less OFWs,' DMW OIC Hans Cacdac said Thursday.

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