DFA brings home 150 workers from Europe
THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said the government brought home at the weekend about 150 migrant Filipino workers who got stranded in Europe.
The workers arrived via Smartlynx Airlines Estonia, which flew from Amsterdam. Most of the passengers were seafarers, it said in a statement.
The arrival of the workers is a first step in bringing home stranded Filipinos in Europe, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Y. Arriola said.
DFA did not immediately respond to a WhatsApp question if any of the repatriates had come from a country where the more contagious Omicron coronavirus variant was present.
The Filipinos are expected to undergo quarantine set by a government inter-agency task force. — Alyssa Nicole O. Tan
