Mercy flight brings home 253 Filipinos from Kuwait

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A total of 253 Filipinos composed of distressed domestic helpers and former detainees in Kuwait finally made it back to the Philippines via a humanitarian flight on Thursday amid the imposition of a lockdown due to the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in that country.

Officials of the Philippine Embassy in the Gulf State thanked the Kuwaiti government for helping them arrange the humanitarian flight that arrived in Manila before 4 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

“The humanitarian flight of 253 OFWs in Kuwait is a testament to the enduring friendship between the Philippines and Kuwait. On behalf of the Philippine government and the Department of Foreign Affairs , I thank the Kuwaiti government and Kuwait Airways for this generous gesture to our distressed kababayan,” l Lomondot said.

Hermosura explained that the humanitarian flight was initially arranged for March 21, 2020 but was rescheduled to March 25, 2020, which allowed the Embassy and the Philippine labor officials to maximize the capacity of Kuwait Airways’ Boeing 777 aircraft and accommodate more distressed Filipinos in the flight.

 

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