The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Saturday said on Saturday said a new batch of Filipinos are on their way home, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. As of press time, OWWA Administrator Patricia Yvonne “PY” Caunan is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, together with members of the OWWA Rapid Response Team, in leading the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) back to the country. The OWWA said that 80 OFWs from Bahrain and 99 OFWs from Kuwait safely arrived in the Saudi capital for their repatriation, while an undisclosed number of OFWs for Qatar are also being assisted by an OWWA team to Riyadh. “Their arrival in Riyadh is part of preparations for the fourth government-chartered flight amid the current situation in the region. This is also the second chartered flight organized by OWWA, scheduled to depart from Riyadh to the Philippines this Monday for our fellow Filipinos from Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia,” OWWA said in a Facebook post in Filipino. “This marks the first time that OFWs from four countries will be brought together on a single chartered flight as part of the government’s repatriation operations,” they added.