Manila, June 24 -- The first batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from the Middle East amid rising regional tensions arrived in the country on Tuesday night.

Thirty-one repatriates -- 26 from Israel, three from Jordan, one from Palestine, and one from Qatar -- arrived at the Ninoy Aquino Inrernational Airport Terminal 3 via Qatar Airways flight QR 934 from Amman, Jordan at 7:30 p.m.

The group was originally scheduled to arrive at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday but was briefly delayed due to the temporary closure of Qatar's airspace, following Iran's missile strike on a United States air base in Doha on Monday.

In a press briefing, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac also said the second batch of 50 OFW...