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10 Victims of Illegal Recruitment Per Day, Says Migrante ME

10 Victims of Illegal Recruitment Per Day, Says Migrante ME

At Migrante-Middle East’s (M-ME) complaint desk, an average of 10 cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) victimized by illegal recruiters come in on a daily basis. This was among the… Read more »

Recruiters Hire Workers Through Facebook

Recruiters Hire Workers Through Facebook

Illegal recruiters, who are deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Afghanistan, have tapped Facebook to hire more workers, re-cruitment agencies said Sunday. Recruitment consultant Emmanuel Geslani issued the warning after… Read more »

15 Filipinas in HK Duped by Farm Jobs That Don’t Exist in Canada

15 Filipinas in HK Duped by Farm Jobs That Don’t Exist in Canada

At least 15 Filipinas are believed to have been duped into paying nearly HK$180,000 for inexistent farm jobs in Canada. Documents obtained by The Sun showed the Filipinas were asked… Read more »

3 Undocumented OFWs Intercepted in Zamboanga

3 Undocumented OFWs Intercepted in Zamboanga

Immigration officers at the Zamboanga port apprehended three women, believed to be undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and victims of human trafficking, aboard a ship bound for Malaysia. Immigration Acting… Read more »

Pinoys Warned vs Illegal Recruiters for Galaxy Macau Jobs

Pinoys Warned vs Illegal Recruiters for Galaxy Macau Jobs

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has warned overseas Filipino workers against illegal recruiters pretending to represent a new hotel in Macau. According to the DFA statement, the Galaxy Entertainment… Read more »

Malaysia-Bound Filipino Tourists Intercepted in Zamboanga City

Malaysia-Bound Filipino Tourists Intercepted in Zamboanga City

Local police held Thursday dozens of Filipino women intercepted in Zamboanga City in Mindanao Island on their way to the Malaysian state of Sabah. http://www.zamboanga.com/html/ Police suspect the women were… Read more »

PHL Government Launches Anti-Human Trafficking Hotline

PHL Government Launches Anti-Human Trafficking Hotline

With almost a thousand cases of human trafficking involving Filipinos recorded as of February 2011, the Philippine government has launched a 24-hour anti-human trafficking hotline that will respond to emergency… Read more »

Canada Domestic Helper Agency Super Nanny Mistreated Filipina Domestics – Group

Canada Domestic Helper Agency Super Nanny Mistreated Filipina Domestics – Group

Government agencies have turned a blind eye to abuses by a Montreal immigration firm that recruits Filipina domestics, advocacy groups charged Thursday. The Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR)… Read more »