Dubai: The Philippine missions in the UAE will deploy five repatriation flights, including one on July 30 and four weekly government-led chartered flights in next month, Paul Raymund Cortes, the Philippine Consul-General in Dubai confirmed during a media briefing here on Wednesday.
Cortes said close to 6,000 Filipinos have applied for repatriation, following travel restrictions imposed by the Philippine government since May. He added “the Philippine government is working on all possible options to accommodate these requests in the earliest possible…