DOLE sends home 25,000 OFWs stranded in quarantine facilities

On the heels of the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to send home all repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in quarantine facilities, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday it has sent over 25,000 migrant workers to their respective provinces.

“Total nakapauwi kami as of June 1, 25,002 [OFWs],” Labor Secretary Slvestre Bello III said during a Palace briefing.

From the said figures, 10,100 were sent via air-travel, 7,900 via land-travel, and 385 by sea.

Meanwhile, 6,576 OFWs were fetched by their relatives from the hotels and quarantine facilities.

Likewise, 8,000 seafarers stranded in 26 cruise ships were also sent home.

Around 200 are still waiting for their tests results for “safe manning purposes.” -MDM, GMA News