Eleven overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived in Manila from conflict-torn South Sudan on Christmas Day as the Philippine government officially activated its repatriation program there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.
Amid the mounting crisis in South Sudan, the group flew to the Philippines from Kenya, leaving 20 others. On the same week, 15 OFWs have already evacuated to Uganda, four to Khartoum in Sudan, and five to Dubai.
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