Bayanihan 2 Sweeper Flight Brings Home 364 OFWs from UAE

Officials from the Philippine Embassy, Philippine Consulate General, and POLO-OWWA assisting the repatriation of 376 OFWs at Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport were (from left to right) Consul Maria Cynthia P. Pelayo, Deputy Consul General Renato N. Dueñas Jr., Philippine Consul General to Dubai Paul Raymund P. Cortes, Vice Consul Elizabeth P. Ramos, and Labor Attaché Atty. Manuel M. Dimaano. (Dubai PCG photo)

ABU DHABI 04 June 2021 — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) chartered a Cebu Pacific flight on 02 June 2021 to bring home 364 OFW repatriates under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2, R.A. 11519). 

The repatriation flight was jointly coordinated by the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai. Aside from carrying OFWs who met difficulties during the pandemic, the flight also included medical patients, deportees, and some minor children. Embassy, Consulate, POLO-OWWA, and DSWD officials and staff were on hand to oversee the departure of the repatriates from Dubai International Airport. END

All passengers received negative RT-PCR test results done a day before the flight. (Dubai PCG photo)

For more information, visit https://www.abudhabipe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinUAE/.