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Special flights for stranded Filipinos in Europe set on Dec. 10, 13

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Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Christmas illuminations are displayed in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 4, 2021. Bernadett Szabo, Reuters" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/patrolph/12/06/2021-12-04t175842z_1736824829_rc2s7r9ioihl_rtrmadp_3_christmas-season-hungary.jpg"/><figcaption>Christmas illuminations are displayed in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 4, 2021. Bernadett Szabo, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines will be organizing two special commercial flights to bring home stranded Filipinos in Europe due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.</p><p>Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola said the &quot;Bayanihan&quot; flights were scheduled to leave in The Netherlands on Dec. 10 and 13.</p><p>To date, there are 140 stranded Filipinos in Europe after seven countries were placed on Manila&#x27;s red list amid the threat of Omicron, she said. These are Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy.</p><p>Arriola urged Filipinos with repatriation concerns to contact their nearest embassy for the travel arrangements.</p><p>She said some of those who got stranded were Filipino students, workers and tourists who were caught mid-trip by the new travel restrictions.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/04/21/dfa-overseas-filipinos-stranded-due-to-omicron-travel-bans">DFA: Nearly 100 Filipinos stranded in Africa, Europe after COVID-19 travel bans</a></li></ul><p>For the Dec. 10 trip, those who wish to avail of the special flight will have to pay 2,400 euros. This is because the flight was chartered by a manning agency for Filipino seafarers, Arriola said.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Dec. 13 flight will be a &quot;humanitarian flight&quot; in which the Philippine government will help pay the ticket of stranded Filipinos.</p><p>The repatriated Filipinos will then undergo testing and a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/06/21/omicron-variant-may-have-picked-up-a-piece-of-common-cold-virus">COVID SCIENCE: Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus</a></li></ul><p>In Africa, Arriola said at least 49 Filipinos, mostly workers, remain stranded.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re trying to make arrangements kung paano sila mailabas kasi mas mahirap po ito dahil halos lahat ng bansa at saka mga hubs nag-close ng (on how to get them out because almost all countries closed their hubs and) flights from South Africa,&quot; she said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/06/21/norway-christmas-party-becomes-largest-omicron-superspreader">Norway Christmas party becomes largest Omicron superspreader event outside S. Africa</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines has yet to detect the Omicron variant case.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1852573" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Special flights for stranded Filipinos in Europe set on Dec. 10, 13

Davinci Maru,

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Published Dec 06, 2021 02:59 PM PHT

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