DFA: ‘Overstretched’ P1-B fund for troubled Filipinos abroad ‘will run out’ by August

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The P1-billion fund of the DFA for the assistance of distressed Filipinos abroad “will run out” by the end of August as the agency continues to repatriate stranded Filipinos amid the pandemic. | CMRamosINQ

“Actually the Assistance to National Fund is not only for COVID-19. In fact, we did not foresee that there was going to be a COVID-19 [pandemic]. That’s why we have been overspending,” she added.“Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been giving repatriation assistance and all our posts have stand-by funds for provision for emergency supplies, medicines, food, and temporary accommodation to OFs affected by COVID-19,” she added.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have the most number of stranded Filipinos with 80,000 and 50,000, respectively, Arriola said.“We have to bring them home in the next two to three months. As much as we want to bring them home in just one go we have the restriction from CAAP and also we are given restrictions daily on how many people we could bring home,” she added.

 

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