At least 265 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in China are waiting to be repatriated to the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana on June 12, Friday, said these OFWs still cannot fly home due to the persisting travel restrictions imposed by China on international flights.
These OFWs are among those displaced from their jobs and those whose contracts have expired. Some just badly want to return home. Philippine carriers Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific have yet to resume commercial flights “kaya mataas ang presyo .”
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