Manila, June 23 -- The Philippine government has stepped up efforts to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other overseas Filipinos affected by the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, with the first batch of repatriates set to arrive home on Tuesday.

In a virtual press briefing on Sunday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, together with Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Wilfredo Santos, and the teams of the Philippine Embassy and Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Amman briefed the media on the efforts by the Philippine government to bring home safely affected Filipinos in the region.

"Rest assured, we will bring them home safely as directed by the President, and I'll be coming home with the gr...