221 OFWs mula sa Lebanon, inaasahang makauuwi ngayong Oktubre

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00:00More than 200 overseas Filipino workers are expected to return to the country this October

00:06in the face of a growing chaos in Lebanon.

00:09How many of them are expected to arrive today?

00:12This is the center of the news of Bernard Ferre.

00:17The Department of Migrant Workers continues to point out the condition of overseas Filipino workers, or FWs,

00:24in Lebanon amid the ongoing crisis in the area.

00:28According to the DMW, Secretary Hans Layu-Kakdak,

00:31more than 221 OFWs will return to the country between October 21 to October 28.

00:3920 OFWs are expected to arrive in the country this week.

00:42350 OFWs are also being processed to return to the country,

00:47of which 178 OFWs continue to three shelters in Beirut.

00:53There are doctors, nurses, and social workers in the shelters that meet the needs of OFWs.

00:59The DMW continues to call on OFWs to avail voluntary repatriation.

01:05They have their own personal needs.

01:08Why do they want to be able to have a lawsuit against their employer or their family?

01:17Of course, we cannot deny that they have an income.

01:23The DMW also promised financial assistance to OFWs returning to the country.

01:29The return will be P150,000 combined with the DMW FOA.

01:35That will be enough for 4 to 6 months,

01:39because they are domestic workers.

01:4111,000 OFWs are estimated to be in Lebanon,

01:44of which most are in Beirut.

01:47They are working as domestic workers.

01:50Currently, the situation in Lebanon is in Alert Level 3,

01:53where voluntary repatriation is being carried out by the government.

01:58Bernard Ferrer for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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