The DFA said it is eyeing to repatriate more than 50,000 overseas Filipinos by the end of July. | NAMercadoINQ
“As of last hearing, 167,626 ang stranded [Filipinos abroad]. By the end of July, we can bring home 50,577. Ang estimated na maiiwan ay 117,049 . We think we can bring them home in a month and a half or two months but of course that is, yung numbers na ‘yan will still increase if we don’t find a vaccine,” Arriola told lawmakers.
In the same hearing, Arriola bared that the DFA has so far repatriated 82,057 overseas Filipinos from over 60 countries and 132 cruise ships.But the foreign affairs official raised concerns over DFA’s depleting budget. According to Arriola, of the DFA’s P1 billion assistance-to-nationals fund, only 23.2 percent or P232.9 million remain.“I think half of this will be used for the next two weeks and by mid-August, we will not have funds anymore,” Arriola said.“Through the generosity of Secretary [Teodoro] Locsin, he says that he’s going to realign our budget for retrofitting pero gusto din po naming sabihin na ‘yung building namin ay sobrang luma na. In fact, our facade is not that stable anymore,” she added.
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