Since February more than 51,000 overseas Filipinos repatriated by the Department of Foreign Affairs

To date, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has repatriated a total of 51,113 Overseas Filipinos (OFs) since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020.

Of this number, 57.33% (29,302 OFs) are sea-based and 42.67% (21,811 OFs) are land-based.

The DFA, together with its Philippine embassies and consulates around the world, remains fully committed to bringing home our nationals abroad amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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