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OWWA to Send Home OFWs from Saudi
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File photo of PGMA with then DOLE Sec. Brion, OWWA Administrator Roque, and NAIA Gen. Manager Cusi welcoming recipient OFWs of an OWWA facilitated mass repatriation last 04 April 2007.
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has taken measures to facilitate the repatriation of a total of seventy-four (74) Filipino-deportees from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by April.
According to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah, the first batch of 27 deportees will arrive on 11 April 2008. Acting Labor Secretary and OWWA Administrator Marianito D. Roque has committed to provide financial assistance to the deportees upon their arrival. The overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who are active OWWA members shall be covered by OWWA while the rest shall be taken care of by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
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Five deported OFWs from Jeddah who paid for their own tickets will be reimbursed by OWWA and are given financial assistance. Another two (2) OFWs who were referred to the DFA for airfare reimbursement also availed of the OWWA financial assistance. Eight (8) more OFWs who are still up for deportation were given financial assistance by OWWA through their next-of-kin.
As of press time, arrangements are being made to find available seats for the remaining deportees as it is the peak season in Saudi.
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