HOME. A representative of the foreign affairs department's Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs welcomes Filipino nationals from Ukraine at the NAIA Terminal 3 on Friday (Feb. 18, 2022). The department launched the free repatriation because of fears that Russia would invade Ukraine. (Photo courtesy of DFA/Hya Bernardo) MANILA - Six Filipino nationals from Ukraine arrived here Friday, days after the government announced free repatriation flights for nationals in the crisis-hit Eastern European state. The six, including a minor, arrived via Turkish Airlines flight 84 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. The repatriation program was launched because of fears that Russia would invade Ukraine as its troops massed along the latter's borders. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has estimated more than 350 Filipinos living in the European nation. "The department continues to monitor the situation in Ukraine's borders while the Philippin