Nag-aapply ang OWWA ng P12 bilyong pondo para sa repatriated na OFW

Humihiling ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) ng karagdagang P12 bilyon mula sa Department of Budget and Management para sa repatriation at reintegration ng mga overseas Filipino workers na naapektuhan ng krisis sa Middle East. Sinabi ni OWWA Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan na 55% na ng kanilang budget ngayong taon ang nagastos na. Hanggang Biyernes, 6,706 na ang repatriated na Pilipino.

Sa isang press briefing noong Lunes, ibinunyag ni OWWA Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan na nagastos na ng ahensya ang 55% ng emergency repatriation fund nito ngayong taon. Dahil dito, humihingi sila ng supplemental budget para sa repatriation at reintegration programs.

"Ito ang dahilan kung bakit humihingi kami sa DBM ng supplemental budget para sa ERF at reintegration efforts," ani Caunan. Para sa 2026, P1.2 bilyon lamang ang budget na ibinigay sa OWWA, na hindi sapat ayon sa kanya dahil mas malaking krisis ngayon kaysa sa nakaraang taon.

Bilang bahagi ng UPLIFT committee, regular na nagsasagawa ng forecasting ang OWWA batay sa sitwasyon ng mga apektadong OFW. "Nag-uusap kami tungkol sa kasalukuyang sitwasyon, kaya batay sa simulation namin, nagfo-forecast kami para maghanda sa worst-case scenario," paliwanag niya.

Kasama sa gastos ng repatriation ang mga ticket ng eroplano, hotel, pansamantalang tirahan, pagkain, domestic flights, immediate financial assistance, at reintegration aid. "Pre-repatriation at post-repatriation ang sakop nito," dagdag niya. Hanggang Biyernes, 6,706 na ang na-repatriate, kabilang ang 5,023 OFW, mga dependent, at iba pang overseas Filipinos.

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