Manila, Nov. 28 -- The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year has breached the 800,000-mark.
Based on Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) records as of Sunday, 809,374 OFWs were transported home to regions after undergoing quarantine protocols and were provided assistance by the government.
Those who returned consisted mostly of pandemic-affected workers and displaced OFWs due to lockdowns.
The pandemic resulted in over 125 million workers unemployed worldwide, according to the International Labour Organization.
"Many of our OFWs became helpless when the pandemic struck and so the government launched a massive repatriation drive never done before," ...