OFW returnees from Israel receive immediate assistance from various government agencies, including comprehensive reintegration assistance from the DMW, NRCO, and OWWA; psychosocial evaluation and medical assistance from the DOH and DSWD; skills training vouchers from TESDA, and other forms of support from the DMW-OWWA Regional Offices of their respective provinces. The whole-of-government approach of providing immediate assistance to the OFW returnees is a major directive of the President to aid the OFWs affected by the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict. DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac also assures OFW returnees of all the necessary assistance, including sustained employment facilitation, and comprehensive reintegration support for the OFWs and their families. (Photo credit: DMW)
CALOOCAN CITY, (PIA) –The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirms the return to the country of at least two more batches of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Israel this week.
In a statement, DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac said a fifth batch of OFWs will be arriving late Monday afternoon from Israel via Etihad Airways flight EY 424 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) at 3:15.
There will be 22 returning OFWs and one infant in this latest group coming back to Philippines in the last three weeks from Israel. 19 of the returning OFWs are caregivers while the remaining 3 are hotel workers.
The remains of OFW Mary Grace Prodigo-Cabrera will be brought back by her sister Mary June Prodigo who is part of this latest group of returnees.
Mary Grace was one of four Filipino caregivers who died on the first day of the attacks launched by militant Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday, October 7,
A sixth batch composed of 42 OFWs returning to the Philippines from the Israel-Hamas conflict is slated to arrive tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, 07 November 2023.
The return to the country of these two batches this week will bring to a total of 184 the number of OFWs who have come back to the Philippines from Israel.
The DMW expects more returning OFWs as hostilities between Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas show no signs of toning down in the coming weeks. (dmw/pia-ncr)
