Was VP Binay misled?
| C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S |
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
This is the question being asked by members of the Philippine Association of International Counselors for Education (Paice), some of whom have been the object of illegal searches and even detention by authorities. The latest such illegal action was even undertaken by a team from the so-called Task Force on Illegal Recruitment (TFIR) that was apparently able to convince Vice President Jojo Binay to support its arrest and detention of two British nationals and five fellow staff members of NSN, an educational and immigration documentation and consultancy provider, based in Makati. It appears that the seven were held on charges of illegal recruitment for providing “consultancy services” to nursing graduates who wanted to take advantage of the provisions of the United Kingdom’s Tier4 Category rules (study and work program under the UK Borders and Immigration Rules) allowing the entry of foreign graduates of nursing to pursue further studies in accredited UK schools with a view to qualifying them for full time work and even immigration to the country after. Under this program, the applicants are provided student visas but are allowed under the same initiative to work part time while studying..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101214com6.html
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