WELCOME HOME. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. personally welcomes 343 overseas Filipino workers repatriated from the Middle East on March 23, 2026, amid the ongoing regional conflict. Marcos ordered the addition of some PHP3-billion fund to the government’s repatriation and reintegration initiative. (PCO file photo)
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the release of an additional ₱3 billion to reinforce the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) repatriation and reintegration efforts for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the conflict in the Middle East.
According to Executive Secretary Ralph Recto, the budget increase will cover the entire operation, “from post-departure assistance, to flights, to reintegration.”
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“War or not, there are Filipinos in extreme distress that we should bring home,” he said in a statement.
