Twenty-four repatriates from Malaysia arrived at this airport around 11 a.m. Sunday as the Task Force on Migrant Protection steps up its operations against human traffickers.

Twenty overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Dubai and Abu Dhabi after being maltreated by their Arab employers have returned to the country, ABS-CBN Middle East bureau reported.

Five Filipino seafarers arrived home Tuesday after they were freed by kidnappers in Somalia last month. Gino Taitus Dario, Chivas Regal Collado, Mark John Manuel, Frederick Reyes and Timoteo Trovelia arrived on board a Gulf Air flight.