Nineteen Filipino repatriates from Syria arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Thursday night on board a Qatar Airways flight, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Most of Filipino repatriates, all females, were household service workers (HSWs) who expressed their desire to come home to the country due to labor-related issues with their respective employers.
The DFA said this brings the total number of Filipinos repatriated from Syria to 186 from March to September 29.
The embassy and the Overseas Preparedness and Response Team with a 10-member Rapid Reaction Team (RRT) for Syria continue to conduct intensive negotiations with the Filipino repatriates’ employers for the immediate release of their exit visas, the DFA disclosed.
The RRT arrived in Syria on September 6 as augmentation personnel to the embassy in its effort to repatriate Filipinos in the country.
The team is composed of officials from the DFA, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of National Defense and Department of Interior and Local Government.
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