Tempo, Jan. 20, 2017
The Bureau of Immigration said yesterday that more than 45,000 Filipinos, mostly women, were disallowed from leaving the country last year as it vowed to continue its no letup campaign against the lucrative human trafficking racket.
The airline passengers were offloaded for their failure to comply with the government’s requirements for departing Filipino tourists under the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking guidelines.
BI Commissioner Jaime H. Morente said that Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and other ports will remain vigilant in screening departing Filipino travelers to make sure that they do not fall prey to human traffickers and illegal recruiters.
Morente added that several BI personnel suspected of conniving with these syndicates are already being investigated by the Board of Discipline.
“We cannot allow these syndicates to continue preying on our poor countrymen who are forced to go abroad because of their poverty,” the BI chief stressed.
Of the 111,947 referred for secondary interview last year, 66,631 were allowed to depart while the departure of 45,316 passengers was deferred.
They included 667 suspected human trafficking victims and 601 others believed to be victims of illegal recruiters who were immediately turned over to the IACAT for further investigation. (JUN RAMIREZ)
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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