AT least 600 Filipino women and children are expected to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia in the next few days amid the strict implementation of the Saudization policy of the Kingdom.

Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Wednesday that he was informed by Consul General Uriel Garibay of the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah that a total of 455 Filipino women and 189 children were brought to the Al Shumaisy deportation center in Jeddah for processing of their exit from Saudi Arabia.

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