At least 25 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were flown back to the Philippines over the weekend as part of the third batch of citizens who signed up for the voluntary repatriation program of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
In an update posted Sunday afternoon, July 6, the Philippine Embassy in Israel said the concerned OFWs underwent a pre-departure briefing led by Ambassador Aileen Mendiola at the DMW shelter in Tel Aviv.
The returning Filipinos were advised to take advantage of government reintegration programs, especially psychosocial healing, as they adjust to their life back in the Philippines again.
According to the Philippine Embassy in Israel, 72 OFWs have so far been repatriated in light of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran.
“In total, 1,405 of our countrymen were helped by the DMW-OWWA Team of the Embassy to go home to the Philippines since October 2023,” the embassy said.