00:00The Department of Foreign Affairs called on Filipinos not to believe job offers in Thailand
00:06that do not have a contract or working visa.
00:08The statement was made by DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega
00:12after some Filipinos in Thailand were victims of human trafficking.
00:17This is Gabriel Legas of PTV in Panitang Pambansa.
00:21Officials of the government themselves
00:24contacted 176 Filipino victims of human trafficking in Myanmar.
00:30On Wednesday, 5.16 am,
00:33Philippine Airlines Flight PR 8502 from Bangkok, Thailand,
00:38landed at Naya Terminal 1.
00:39The government helped the victims.
00:42Psychological services, financial and legal aid from the whole of government team
00:48formed by the Department of Foreign Affairs,
00:51Department of Migrant Workers, Bureau of Immigration,
00:54Department of Social Welfare and Development,
00:56Department of Health, National Bureau of Investigation,
00:59Department of Justice, and Naya Task Force Against Trafficking.
01:03Each of them received P50,000 financial aid from the DMW Action Fund
01:09and P10,000 from OWA.
01:12They were also referred to the reintegration programs
01:15and top-skilling training of the DMW through TESDA
01:18to help them start again.
01:20On Tuesday, the 30 Filipino victims of human trafficking in the country
01:24arrived in the country first.
01:27The DFA and DMW reminded to be careful
01:31against suspicious job offers on social media.
01:35Don't believe job offers in Thailand
01:40where there is no contract, no working visa.
01:43That job is prohibited in Thailand if there is no working visa.
01:46If you want to leave without a working visa,
01:49you need to go to the Licensed Recruitment Agency of the DMW.
01:54KAKNAK added,
01:55be careful with illegal recruitment agencies,
01:58especially in the ASEAN region that is visa-free.
02:01It's easy to leave even if you only have a passport.
02:04KALIHIM also clarified that for tourism,
02:07ASEAN member states are visa-free and not for working.
02:11DMW added,
02:24To see if the recruitment agency is legitimate,
02:28visit www.dmw.gov.ph
02:32and report to the Illegal Recruitment Agency of the DMW
02:37at 02-8721-0619.
02:41From People's Television Network,
02:43Gabo Miltevillegas for Balitang Pambansa.
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