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 earlier this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.

In a text message, Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the 11 OFWs arrived at 10:50 p.m. on December 25 (Wednesday) on board Emirates Airlines flight EK 334.

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