PH Embassy in Bahrain Repatriates Two Distressed Filipinos

(Left photo) The female Filipino worker who lived in Bahrain for 38 years prior to her repatriation. (Center) The male Filipino worker, with his wife, prior to his medical repatriation. (Right photo) The male worker with his medical escorts, who accompanied him on the flight to Manila. (Bahrain PE photos)

MANAMA  28 February 2023 – The Philippine Embassy, under its Repatriation Program for 2023, facilitated the repatriation of two (2) distressed Filipinos to the Philippines this month. 

The repatriates are a 67-year-old undocumented female worker from Bulacan, Philippines, who had been in Bahrain for thirty-eight (38) years before she was repatriated on 22 February 2023, and a 56-year-old male medical patient from Zamboanga City who had been in Bahrain for thirty-one (31) years before his repatriation on 23 February 2023. The latter was accompanied by two medical escorts onboard the flight, as arranged by the Embassy.

The Embassy likewise arranged all the documents and clearances of the repatriates, and shouldered the costs of their airfare, immigration penalties, and other repatriation expenses through the Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) Fund of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). 

Upon the Embassy’s coordination with the DFA and other relevant Philippine Government agencies, the repatriates were extended airport assistance and medical check-up upon their arrival in Manila. 

The Embassy extends assistance to distressed Filipinos requesting for repatriation assistance under its Repatriation Program. END