128 workers from Saudi repatriated

AT least 128 overseas Filipino workers, most of them abandoned by their employers and survived by scavenging leftovers, were repatriated from Saudi Arabia, the Department of Labor and Employment said.

The first batch that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, was part of the more than 11,000 Filipino workers left jobless in Saudi Arabia while others were overstaying and escaped from their abusive employers.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III personally supervised the repatriation of the OFWs who went to Saudi Arabia due to worsening situation of thousands of Filipinos that camped out near the Philippine embassy and consulates.