30 OFWs repatriated just in time for Christmas eve 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Gabriela BaronThirty distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and some of their family members arrived Sunday in Manila from Lebanon. The OFWs, who were allegedly victims of trafficking, arrived on Sunday aboard an Etihad Airways Flight, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The DFA also coordinated with the member agencies of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (ACAT) to help the distressed workers file cases against their illegal recruiters. READ MORE: Christmas in Lebanon not so merry as economic crisis bitesMore than 1,000 of Filipino domestic workers in Lebanon have registered in the Philippine Embassy for free mass repatriation scheduled in February 2020.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 24, 2019 09:33 UTC