Four Filipina women were nabbed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last week for traveling on an Albanian visa but were actually headed for Dubai to work illegally.
“They initially showed valid work permits and visas to Albania, but later admitted that they were actually hired to work as household service workers in Dubai,” the Immigration Bureau said.
The women said that their employers paid at least P200,000 for their visa and work requirements.
“This is a type of third country recruitment, wherein victims are given documents for one country, but end up being deployed in another,” BI commissioner Jaime Morente said.
“In many instances, victims are made to accept conditions that are otherwise not acceptable just to be deployed for work,” he added.
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The women had attempted to board an Emirates flight to Dubai at the NAIA Terminal 3 last July 12, when they were caught by the Bureau’s Travel Control and Enforcement Unit.
The women were later endorsed to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) for further investigation and filing of charges against their recruiters.
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Morente warned Filipinos against such traffickers seeking shortcut ways of earning profits at their victims’ expense.
He also warned people to avoid being misled by these unscrupulous individuals and agreeing to illegal means in their need for jobs. (AW)
