THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday that it was processing the repatriation of at least 6,000 Filipinos who availed of the amnesty offered by the Kingdom Saudi Arabia to all illegal workers staying in there, two days before the deadline.

According to Raul Dado, executive director of the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, a total of 12,000 Filipinos availed of the 90-day amnesty last March and the government has brought home a total of 5,122.

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