Press Release No. EBB-41-2020
PH CONSULATE GENERAL IN JEDDAH REPATRIATES ANOTHER BATCH OF FILIPINOS IN WESTERN KSA
JEDDAH, 24 September 2020–– The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah successfully repatriated another 356 Filipinos based in Jeddah and other parts of the Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 23 September 2020 via a Philippine Airlines (PAL) chartered flight. The chartered flight landed in Manila on September 24 at around 2:33 P.M. The repatriates are among the thousands of OFWs who have been economically displaced due to the Covid19 pandemic.
Jeddah PCG originally intended to repatriate 353 OFWs in the said flight, but several passengers did not show up at the airport while four (4) were offloaded due to visa problems. The seats that were vacated by the no-shows and offloaded passengers were quickly filled-up by 59 other OFWs on wait-list. These waitlisted passengers were brought by the Consulate to the airport in anticipation of no-shows and off-loaded passengers. The total number of repatriates was 356, out of the reserved 353 seats, or a seat utilization rate of 100.85%.
Consul General Edgar B. Badajos said that the repatriation of distressed OFWs in Jeddah and the Western Region of Saudi Arabia is part of the Philippine government’s efforts to bring home overseas Filipinos who would like to be repatriated because of the economic difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.–END-
Filipino repatriates checking-in for their 9:30 PM flight.
Jeddah PCG Repatriation Team led by Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer A. Guiang (3rd from left)
