50 More Filipinos in Israel Set for Repatriation This Week, Says DMW

Emergency personnel remove the remains of victims at an impacted residential site following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, in Be'er Sheva, Israel June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Fifty more Filipinos in Israel could be repatriated this week as tension in the Middle East continues, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Tuesday.

During a press briefing, DMW Undersecretary Felicitas Bay said the second batch of repatriation in Israel is “tentatively scheduled” on June 26 or 27.

“(They will be) following the same route as the first batch, but with what happened last night with the closure of the Qatar airspace, our embassy and Migrant Workers Office are working out arrangements for another route,” Bay said.

The first batch of Filipinos is expected to arrive Tuesday night around 7 p.m. after it was delayed due to the temporary suspension of Qatari air traffic after Iran attacked a US military base in Doha.

DMW Secretary Hans Cacdac earlier said the 31 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are composed of 26 from Israel, three from Jordan, one from Palestine, and one from Qatar.

According to DMW Undersecretary Dominique Rubia-Tutay, 19 of the 26 OFWs repatriated in Israel are caregivers, while seven are hotel workers.

Bay also said 311 Filipinos requested repatriation in Israel.

“Wala pa pong confirmed if they finally decide to be repatriated,” Bay said.

The DMW had said there are about 30,000 Filipinos in Israel.

Last week, the Philippine government raised the crisis alert to level 3 in Israel and Iran, urging Filipinos in the affected areas to take advantage of the voluntary repatriation as armed hostilities between the two countries continue. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News

According to the source: GMA Network.