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Filipino seafarers from MV Amadea prepare to check in for their flight to Manila at Frankfurt Airport.

06 April – The Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt assisted in the repatriation to Manila of the second batch of Filipino seafarers from the cruise ship MV Amadea at Frankfurt Airport last April 6.

Forty-one seafarers belonging to the ship’s hotel department were ferried in two buses chartered by Sea Chefs Cruise Ltd. from Bremerhaven Port to Frankfurt Airport. They followed the first batch of 16 seafarers who were repatriated from the same ship last April 4. – END

 

Filipino seafarers from the German cruise ship MV Amadea form a long queue at the check-in area of Frankfurt Airport last April 6.

Filipino seafarers from MV Amadea prepare to check in for their flight to Manila at Frankfurt Airport. (Frankfurt PCG photo)

FRANKFURT 04 April 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt assisted in the repatriation to Manila of 16 Filipino seafarers from the cruise ship MV Amadea at Frankfurt Airport last April 04.

The German cruise ship MV Amadea operated by Schulte Cruise arrived in Bremerhaven Port on April 02 where it disembarked more than five hundred passengers and crew. The company reported no incidence of COVID-19 on the ship. From Bremerhaven, the seafarers were ferried in a bus chartered by the company to Frankfurt Airport that took approximately five hours.

At the airport, Consul Rogelio Villanueva Jr. addressed the seafarers and assured them of the government’s commitment to ensure their safe and early return to the Philippines. He also briefed the seafarers on the implementation of quarantine procedures by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ), as well as the assistance to be extended by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) upon their arrival in Manila.

The successful repatriation of the seafarers from MV Amadea was made possible through joint efforts of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Berlin who coordinated with the Department of Health, Bureau of Quarantine, Schulte Cruise, and the BSM Crew Service Center Manila. END

Filipino seafarers from the German cruise ship MV Amadea pose before their departure from Frankfurt, Germany. (Frankfurt PCG photo)

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  1. Guidelines on the Deployment of Health Care Workers During the Enhanced Community Quarantine and National State of Calamity Brought About by the COVID-19
  2. Philippine Embassy in Berlin's Advisory on the Restrictions Imposed by the Federal Government to Contain the Spread of the COVID-19
  3. Public Advisory: Delays in the Availability of Passports in Philippine Embassies and Consulates General
  4. Travel Restrictions by Philippine Government on Filipino Traveler