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OFWs affected by COVID-19

Requested from DFA by E. Navelgas at 11:52 AM on Jan 14, 2021.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 01/01/2021
Tracking no: #DFA-591996107507

Navelgas 11:52 AM, Jan 14, 2021 

Hi!  I would like to ask for the ff information: 

1.	Deployed OFWs affected by COVID-19: 
•	Number of OFWs who tested positive, by destination country, by gender
•	Number of OFWs who died of COVID-19, by destination country, by gender

2.	OFWs affected by COVID-19 (disaggregated by country of destination, by home region and city/municipality, by gender): 
•	Number of OFWs displaced
•	Number of OFWs repatriated
•	Number of OFWs awaiting repatriation
•	Number of repatriated OFWs who have been sent to home province
•	Number of repatriated OFWs still stranded and awaiting return to home province

Officer 08:44 PM, Jan 19, 2021 

January 19, 2021

Dear Erica Jane,

Thank you for your request dated 14 January 2021 on information on the following items:
 
Deployed OFWs affected by COVID-19:

Number of OFWs who tested positive, by destination country, by gender
Number of OFWs who died of COVID-19, by destination country, by gender

OFWs affected by COVID-19 (disaggregated by country of destination, by home region and city/municipality, by gender):

Number of OFWs displaced
Number of OFWs repatriated
Number of OFWs awaiting repatriation
Number of repatriated OFWs who have been sent to home province
Number of repatriated OFWs still stranded and awaiting return to home province
Number of OFWs awaiting deployment

Please be advised that we have endorsed it to the DFA-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs and the Office of Policy Planning and Coordination. We will advise you once a response becomes available. 

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS01OTE5OTYxMDc1MDcM, for request with ticket number #DFA-591996107507.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 06:54 PM, Feb 04, 2021 

February 4, 2021

Dear Erica Jane Navelgas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 14, 2021 11:52:10 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for OFWs affected by COVID-19.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. We enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested. For data pertaining to deployed OFWs with COVID-19, OFWs who tested positive of COVID-19, and OFWs who died of COVID-19, we will advise you once we receive feedback from the relevant DFA unit. 

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Receiving Officer

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 Request for OFW statistics affected by COVID19.pdf

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