Livelihood grants, job facilitation, and counseling await 51 overseas Filipino workers and 23 dependents who touched down at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 aboard Emirates Flight EK334, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said, describing a continuum of state assistance that begins at the tarmac and extends well past a worker’s first days back home.
Through its Regional Welfare Offices, the agency committed to guiding the returnees into reintegration, offering employment referrals, emotional support services, and additional welfare programs meant to help families regain their footing after coming home.
The workers landed the night of June 25 following departures from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. OWWA said the returns were driven by a mix of personal circumstances and difficulties tied to employment, situations the agency determined warranted government intervention.
Waiting at the terminal were personnel from OWWA, the Department of Migrant Workers, and a medical team from the Manila International Airport Authority, who handled arrival processing and immediate needs. Under the agency’s Alagang OWWA framework, the arriving group received meals, cash aid, and temporary hotel lodging for those requiring shelter.
The agency framed the effort as part of a broader push under the Marcos administration to build a social protection system oriented around migrant workers, one it maintains does not conclude when a plane lands but carries through until a family has successfully settled back into life in the Philippines.
