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OFWs affected by COVID-19

Published by Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) on Jan. 14, 2021.
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

E.NAVELGAS Jan. 14, 2021, 11:52 a.m.

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

F.OFFICER Jan. 19, 2021, 8:44 p.m.

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

F.MAKER Feb. 4, 2021, 6:54 p.m.

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. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer

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Request for OFW statistics affected by COVID19.pdf - FOI Decision Maker - [email protected]

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