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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) brought home 13,537 Filipinos overseas over the weekend, bringing the number of nationals repatriated to 300,838 since it began its COVID-19-related repatriation efforts in February. Of the total number of Filipino returnees, 90,621 (30.12 percent) were sea-based, while 210,217 (69.88 percent) were land-based. “This is the largest repatriation effort in the history of the DFA and the Philippines,” said Sarah Lou Arriola, Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs. –Tina G. Santos
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