Both sea-based workers' repatriation, remittances increase

‘Biggest ever repatriation in PH history’ is ongoing
Cristina Eloisa Baclig - August 12, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1472769/biggest-ever-repatriation-in-ph-hi...

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MANILA, Philippines—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was not exaggerating when he described the ongoing repatriation of Filipinos from various countries as the biggest in Philippine history.
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By the end of 2020, the Philippines saw an unprecedented number of repatriation—791,623 Filipinos, according to a study of International Organization for Migration (IOM) United Nations Migration.

Citing figures from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), IOM said in a report that at least 481,305 repatriated Filipinos had land-based jobs abroad. At least 308,332 had been working on ships. At least 1,986 were brought home from Sabah.

The IOM report said the DFA brought back 327,511 OFWs who had land-based jobs which is 71 percent of total repatriation. At least 95,974 were those who had jobs in 150 cruise ships, oil tankers and other cargo vessels.

According to DFA data, as of Aug. 7, a total of 408,911 Filipinos have been sent home during the pandemic. Of these, at least 105,607 had been working on ships and 303,304 were land-based.
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana gave higher estimates of the reverse diaspora. He said as of June 28, more than 1 million Filipinos had been repatriated or had returned to the Philippines since the pandemic struck.

As of June 28, Lorenzana said a total of 1,237,186 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated—1,005,885 OFWs and 231,301 Filipino residents of foreign countries.

Of the OFWs, 591,956 are land-based and 413,929 are sea-based.
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Cash remittances from OFWs continued to pick up as the BSP recorded a 4.9 percent increase to $2.514 billion in March 2021 from $2.397 billion in the same period in 2020.

The BSP noted a 5 percent increase in remittances from land-based workers with $1.948 billion this March, while those from sea-based workers grew by 4.5 percent to $566 million.
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