VP Binay orders mandatory interviews for OFW repatriates By Michaela P. del Callar 01/18/2012

VP Binay orders mandatory interviews for OFW repatriates

By Michaela P. del Callar 01/18/2012

All Filipino workers who will be evacuated from conflict-stricken countries will now be interviewed upon arrival in the country, Vice President Jejomar Binay said after the discovery of many underaged workers being sent abroad.

Binay, also a presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers concerns and chairman of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), proposed this measure, saying this would help the IACAT build a database of repatriated Filipinos and offloaded international-bound passengers and determine the manner of deployment.

“It would also help establish a possible pattern of deployment being done by illegal recruiters and trafficking syndicates, minimize re-victimization of Filipino irregular OFWs, minimize repatriation costs,” Binay said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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