Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who may need to return to the Philippines for treatment of their illnesses will find it easier to do so after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) signed a memorandum circular with five other government agencies to facilitate the processes involving their medical repatriation.

In his speech during the signing of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC), Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized the need to work as a team to deliver a more responsive, timely, and well-coordinated assistance to OFWs who need to come home because of critical medical conditions.

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