00:00Mga hakbang na ginawa ng DFA at iba pang anghenza para sa repatriation ng 10 Pilipino mula sa Cambodia,
00:07ating alamin, kasama sa Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Robert Ferrer.
00:11Magandang tanghali, ASEC Ferrer.
00:15Magandang tanghali, ASEC.
00:18ASEC, maaari niyo po bang ibahagi sa amin kung paano nagsimula ang proseso ng repatriation para sa 10 Pilipino ito
00:25at ano ang kalagayan ng mga kababayan natin na ang matagpuan sila sa other Mianchi, Cambodia?
00:36This is part of an ongoing process.
00:41Years already that this has been happening.
00:45And we are very grateful to the cooperation na natatanggap natin mula sa gobyerno ng Cambodia,
00:53ng gobyerno ng Myanmar at iba pang gobyerno sa region na kapwa natin miyembro ng ASEAN
01:00at kapwa din natin pumipirma sa mga tratado, mga international agreements against human trafficking,
01:09arrangements against online scamming.
01:13Ngayon, itong sampo na kararating lang kahapon,
01:17naka-duty po ang DFA kahit Semana Santa.
01:21Day 1, yung 6 po dito,
01:24lumapit po sila mismo sa embahada,
01:28March 12.
01:30Okay, and then pagkatapos sa pagkatapos doon,
01:33nilapitan na po yung embahada natin,
01:34ang Royal Cambodian Police,
01:37at yung polis mismo ng Cambodia
01:39ang kumuha sa kanila.
01:43By the way,
01:43ayaw ng gobyerno ng Cambodia na gamitin yung word na rescue,
01:47very sensitive sila dyan
01:49because,
01:50syempre,
01:52sensitive sila sa imahe ng kanilang bansa.
01:55At hindi natin makukuha yung kooperasyon nila
01:58kung masyadong mainit
02:01yung ating mga NGO,
02:04media,
02:06yung mga ibang kababayan natin
02:07na palaban.
02:10Kasi ang trabaho ng DFA
02:11ay professional na
02:12magsilbi sa kababayan natin
02:14at kunin sila
02:16mula sa kapahamakan.
02:18So, nung March 19,
02:20kinuha nung Cambodian Police
02:22itong mga ito
02:23at dinala sa
02:24other Mianche
02:26police facilities
02:28and
02:29yeah,
02:31so it took about
02:32less than a month
02:34before they were able to come home.
02:36Asek,
02:37gaano naman po kahalaga
02:38yung naging papel
02:39ng Cambodian law enforcement
02:40at ng Philippine Embassy
02:42sa NOMPEN
02:42sa matagumpay na repatriation na ito?
02:46Maganda po ang relasyon natin
02:48with Cambodia.
02:50Sabi ko nga
02:51as a fellow ASEAN member country
02:52and ang ating embahada po sa NOMPEN
02:55led by a career
02:57seasoned diplomat
02:59Ambassador
03:01Florida Mayo
03:03or Tata Mayo
03:05maganda po yung
03:06interface nila
03:08with the
03:09Cambodian
03:09relevant ministries
03:11and the
03:11Cambodian police.
03:13Kaya
03:13very important po talaga
03:15yung cooperation.
03:16Hindi yung
03:17hindi yung
03:18confrontational
03:19kundi
03:20yung
03:20ASEAN way
03:22of doing things
03:23which is very
03:25thank God
03:26very smooth
03:27at walang incident
03:28yung masama.
03:31Asek,
03:31anong klase ng tulong
03:32ang ibinigay po ng DFA
03:33at iba pang ahensan
03:34sa mga repatriates
03:35pagdating nila
03:36sa Pilipinas?
03:38Well,
03:39ang standard procedure
03:40po natin is
03:41una,
03:42tinitignan natin
03:42kung
03:43okay sila physically,
03:45kung meron silang sakit,
03:46merong isa na
03:47na-identify
03:48na nagkaroon ng
03:49medical issue
03:50at hopefully
03:52okay na.
03:53Doon pa lang
03:54sa Cambodia,
03:55tinignan na siya.
03:56And,
03:57syempre,
03:57may care package siya,
03:58may pagkain.
04:00Yung sa
04:01documentation naman,
04:02kung wala sa kanila
04:03yung kanilang pasaporte,
04:04binibigyan namin
04:04automatically
04:05ng travel document
04:06para makabiyahe sila
04:08pa uwi ng Pilipinas.
04:10Or,
04:11ano pa ba?
04:14Yeah,
04:14general
04:15coordination
04:16with their next of kin,
04:17yung mga kamag-anak nila
04:18dito sa Pilipinas
04:19para ma-update po
04:20yung mga kamag-anak
04:21kung kumusan na yung
04:22mga loved ones nila.
04:24Assek,
04:24pwede niyo po bang
04:25ipaliwanag
04:25kung paano naman
04:26ginagamit yung
04:27Assistance to Nationals Fund
04:29sa mga ganitong kaso?
04:30An embassy,
04:33so we have
04:34more than
04:3690
04:38embassies,
04:39more than 98
04:40embassies
04:41worldwide
04:41and consulates.
04:43Pag may Pilipino
04:44na nangangailangan
04:45ng tulong,
04:45nire-report po yan
04:46kagad.
04:47Kung OFW po sila,
04:49DMW po
04:50ang may hawak
04:51nung kaso,
04:52pag hindi po sila
04:54OFW,
04:54meaning
04:55Filipinos
04:55who live
04:56abroad,
04:58be they
04:58traveling
04:59diplomats
05:01or
05:02UN peacekeepers,
05:03students,
05:04performers,
05:06ganon,
05:06kami po yun.
05:07Now,
05:09DMW
05:10has not
05:11yet
05:11fully deployed
05:12its personnel
05:14to all
05:15the
05:15nations of the world,
05:16you know,
05:17190 plus yan eh.
05:18So,
05:19those embassies
05:20and consulates
05:20na walang resident
05:22na migrant worker
05:22attache,
05:23kami po yung
05:24kumikilos noon.
05:25So,
05:25ang ginagawa ng
05:26ambasador
05:28or consul general,
05:29nagre-report po siya
05:31sa DFA,
05:32Office of
05:33Undersecretary
05:34for Migration,
05:35Case 1,
05:35Case 2,
05:36Case 3,
05:36may mga salaysay po
05:38yung mga yan,
05:38may mga sinumpaang salaysay,
05:40may affidavit,
05:41may ATN form.
05:42So,
05:42binabawasan po namin
05:43yung mga listahan
05:44ng forms,
05:45ano,
05:45kasi gusto ng Pangulo eh
05:46to make life
05:47simpler
05:48and smoother
05:49for OFs
05:51and OFWs alike.
05:52So,
05:53darating po yan,
05:54normally within,
05:5524 or 48 hours,
05:58ina-approve po ng
05:59Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
06:00si Sir Ricky Manalo,
06:02ang aming boss,
06:03through our Undersecretary
06:04Eduardo de Vega,
06:05yung mga fund requests.
06:07So, what are these fund requests?
06:09They may be in the form
06:10of legal assistance,
06:12kung kailangan nila ng abogado,
06:14care packages,
06:15kung nasa preso sila,
06:17medicines,
06:18even emergency hospitalizations.
06:20So,
06:21lahat po yan available
06:22as stipulated by Congress
06:25and by the President.
06:27Asag,
06:27para maunawaan
06:28ng ating mga kababayan,
06:29ano po ang nilalaman
06:31ng DFA Advisory Number
06:3209-2025
06:34at bakit ito
06:35mahalagang sundin
06:36at malaman ng publiko?
06:37Okay,
06:39kausap ko lang
06:40si Ambassador Tata
06:41before this interview,
06:42Ambassador Mayo.
06:44And,
06:45we are one
06:46in appealing
06:47to all
06:48Filipinos
06:49who have access
06:51to digital devices,
06:52okay,
06:53whether laptop,
06:54iPad,
06:54cellphone,
06:55digital watch,
06:56maging mapanuri po tayo
06:58because hindi po
06:59lahat ng nasa internet
07:00ay totoo.
07:01Hindi po lahat
07:02ng nasa internet
07:03ay tama.
07:04And,
07:04while there may be
07:05legitimate online
07:07recruitment practices,
07:08I mean,
07:08that's normal,
07:09ano?
07:09Kasi digital age na tayo,
07:11may AI pa nga eh.
07:12There are people
07:14who do not,
07:16they have ulterior motives
07:18na they use
07:19digital platforms
07:21to first recruit
07:23Filipinos
07:24kasi magaling tayo eh
07:25sa English,
07:26good work ethic
07:27and then,
07:29pag nakuha na yung
07:30mga tao,
07:31nabitag na,
07:32and then they are
07:33asked to do
07:34online scamming.
07:36So,
07:36many,
07:37many instances,
07:38Filipinos are forced
07:40according to
07:41some cases,
07:43forced to become
07:43criminals.
07:45Unfortunately,
07:45in some cases,
07:46some of our kababayan
07:47are actually the ones
07:49committing the scamming.
07:50They knowingly
07:51commit
07:52these crimes
07:54and then,
07:55at the same time,
07:56they also need
07:56assistance.
07:57So,
07:58ganun talaga.
07:58So,
08:00yung advisories
08:01ng mga embassy
08:02natin,
08:02including this one
08:03you cited,
08:04is basically
08:04warning our
08:05kababayan,
08:06our Filipinos,
08:07from the major
08:08cities to the
08:09farthest barangay,
08:10na i-check po ninyo
08:12parati yung mga
08:13nagre-recruit sa inyo.
08:15Nandyan naman po
08:15ang DMW,
08:16may regional offices
08:17po sila.
08:18Nandun naman
08:19ang DOLE,
08:19may regional offices
08:21po ang DOLE.
08:22Nandyan po yung
08:22office of the mayor
08:23ninyo.
08:24And,
08:24IACAD,
08:25the Interagency
08:25Council Against
08:26Trafficking,
08:27chaired by DOJ,
08:29si Undersecretary
08:30Nikiti ang
08:30everyday chair
08:32niyan,
08:33we have a
08:34project together
08:35wherein we
08:37will establish
08:37municipal and
08:39barangay
08:39anti-trafficking
08:40desks.
08:42So,
08:42that will become
08:43a standard
08:43procedure
08:44because
08:44ang dami
08:45nating kababayan
08:45who still want
08:47to work abroad,
08:48but that is
08:48still a choice.
08:49It is not
08:50forced upon
08:51them because
08:52of economic
08:53reasons.
08:54So,
08:54what do we
08:54need to do
08:55is we make
08:55attractive
08:56to our
08:57people
08:57the option
08:58to work
08:59here.
08:59Or,
09:00if they
09:00want to
09:00work abroad,
09:01please always
09:02coordinate with
09:03DMW.
09:04Always coordinate
09:05with your
09:06embassy abroad
09:07and your
09:07consuls and
09:08consuls
09:08generals.
09:09Para iwas
09:10pusoy po tayo.
09:11But,
09:12I would like
09:12to stress
09:13the DFA
09:13is always
09:14ready to
09:15help and
09:16bring you
09:18out of a
09:18dangerous
09:19or compromising
09:20situation.
09:21Not only
09:22when you
09:22ask for it,
09:23but when the
09:24host government
09:24itself identifies
09:26that there's
09:26a problem
09:27and we
09:27have
09:28mechanisms
09:28for that
09:29within
09:29ASEAN,
09:30within the
09:30United Nations,
09:31and also
09:32bilaterally.
09:33In fact,
09:34kausap po
09:34ng DOJ
09:35ang kanilang
09:36counterparts
09:37in Cambodia
09:37para mapaganda
09:39po yung
09:39koordinasyon
09:40natin.
09:40ASEC,
09:41ano naman po
09:42yung susunod
09:42na hakbang
09:43para sa
09:43mga
09:43repatriates?
09:44May
09:44counseling,
09:45livelihood
09:45support,
09:46o integration
09:47program
09:47po ba
09:47para sa
09:48kanila?
09:50Yes,
09:50meron po
09:51tayong
09:51tinatawag
09:52na,
09:52I'm sure
09:52you're
09:52aware
09:53of this
09:53ASEC,
09:53yung
09:54one-country
09:54team
09:55approach.
09:56So,
09:57abroad,
09:57ang
09:58ambassador
09:58or consul
09:59general
09:59ang head
10:00po
10:00ng
10:00Okta.
10:02So,
10:03one-country
10:03team
10:04yan.
10:04Meaning,
10:05while DFA
10:06is lead,
10:07nandun po
10:08yung
10:08ibang
10:08ahensya
10:09like
10:09DMW,
10:10DTI,
10:11DND,
10:12PNP,
10:13sometimes
10:14DSWD,
10:16may pinapadalang
10:17employees
10:20or staff
10:20ang DSWD
10:22pati
10:22DOH
10:23para
10:23tugunan
10:24ang
10:24pangangailangan
10:25ng mga
10:25kababayan
10:26natin
10:26abroad,
10:27which is
10:27what
10:27happened
10:28recently
10:28with
10:28the
10:29Myanmar
10:29earthquake.
10:30Okay,
10:31so,
10:31once the
10:32Filipinos
10:32are home,
10:33may Okta
10:34din dito.
10:35So,
10:35may Okta
10:36abroad,
10:36may Okta
10:37din dito.
10:38Halimbawa,
10:38sa airport.
10:40Not only
10:41DFA
10:41is there,
10:42DSWD
10:44is there,
10:45OWA
10:45is there,
10:46DMW
10:47is there
10:47for
10:48seafarers
10:49and
10:49OFWs,
10:50and meron tayong
10:51interagency
10:52task force
10:52na nakahanda po
10:53sa airport
10:54to receive
10:55the Filipinos
10:57who came from
10:58either crisis
10:58or traumatic
10:59situations
11:00or online
11:01scamming
11:01situations,
11:02and then may
11:03debriefing po.
11:04Sometimes,
11:04if there's a
11:05criminal
11:05case
11:06involved,
11:08DOJ
11:08is already
11:08there
11:09at the
11:09airport.
11:10Pero,
11:10I cannot
11:10divulge
11:11too many
11:11details
11:12because,
11:13of course,
11:13we are
11:14trying to
11:16fight
11:17this monster
11:18called
11:19online
11:19scamming
11:21and
11:21anti-trafficking.
11:25Asak Ferrer,
11:26may monitoring
11:26po ba
11:27ang DFA
11:27sa mga
11:27Pilipinong
11:28nasa
11:28mahirap
11:29na sitwasyon
11:29sa ibang
11:30bahagi
11:31naman
11:31ng
11:31Cambodia?
11:33Oh,
11:34yes,
11:34because,
11:34ano yan eh,
11:35okay,
11:36I'd like to also
11:37stress the role
11:38of our
11:38Filipino
11:39communities
11:39all over
11:40the world.
11:4114 million
11:41po yan.
11:43So,
11:43if you think
11:44about it,
11:44that's 14
11:45million
11:45eyes and ears.
11:47So,
11:47nothing happens
11:48in the world
11:48na hindi
11:49nalalaman
11:49ng Pilipino.
11:50Alam niyo po yan,
11:51magaling tayo sa...
11:52So,
11:53kung may ginagawang
11:54masama
11:54laban sa ating
11:55kapwa-Pilipino,
11:58usually,
11:59nalalaman yan
11:59kaagad
12:00ng embahada
12:01natin
12:01na nandoon
12:02na,
12:02kasi doon sila
12:03nakatira eh,
12:03doon sila
12:04naka-assign.
12:05Yung ambassador,
12:06kung well-connected
12:07siya sa kanyang
12:08Filipino community,
12:09isang pindot lang
12:10ng cellphone niya,
12:11makakakonvene na siya
12:12ng Filipino
12:13town hall meeting,
12:15wherever that is,
12:16from Saudi Arabia
12:18to Russia
12:18to Canada
12:19to US
12:20to Cambodia.
12:22So,
12:22automatic po yung
12:23coordination
12:24with the Filipino
12:24community
12:25and they are
12:26the ones
12:27that are
12:27helping us.
12:28Parang,
12:30ano yun,
12:31parang
12:31positive help
12:33sila sa efforts
12:34ng Philippine
12:34thing gets done
12:36without the involvement
12:37of our NGOs.
12:38Also,
12:39may mga
12:39cost-oriented
12:40NGOs tayo
12:41that also
12:42dinudulog po nila
12:44yung mga cases
12:45sa DFA
12:46and other government
12:47agencies
12:48na hindi pa po namin
12:49because we need
12:52everyone's help.
12:54Okay, sir.
12:56Panghuli na lang po,
12:58may tanong tayo
12:58mula kay Maris
12:59Umali ng GMA News.
13:01Ano po ang status
13:02ng overseas online voting?
13:03May reports po ba
13:04na nakarekting din
13:05sa DFA?
13:06Yes,
13:08I'm not the one
13:09handling,
13:10ano,
13:10the
13:11Komelek
13:11process abroad.
13:14You might have to
13:14interview Undersecretary
13:16Gary Domingo
13:16but ang feedback po namin
13:19is nags-start na po
13:20yung overseas voting
13:21a few days ago
13:22and so far,
13:23so good,
13:24everything was smooth.
13:25I was also
13:25handling that
13:26when I was
13:27Consul General
13:27in Moscow
13:28and maganda ngayon
13:29is automated na po
13:30and we hope
13:32and pray for
13:33peaceful,
13:33smooth elections
13:34abroad.
13:36Okay,
13:38maraming pong
13:38Pilipino
13:39ang nagahanap
13:40ng trabaho online.
13:41Ano po ang mensahe
13:42o paalala ninyo
13:43sa mga kababayan
13:44nating nagnanais
13:45magtrabaho sa ibang bansa
13:46lalo na kung sa
13:48social media lang
13:49nila ito nakikita?
13:51Okay,
13:53um,
13:54this is,
13:55as I said,
13:55this is an ongoing
13:56problem,
13:57ano?
13:57One set of
13:59repatriations
14:00or one successful
14:01criminal case
14:03prosecuted
14:03and brought to bear
14:04on the criminals
14:05will not stop
14:07this problem.
14:09Kami po,
14:10ni Undersecretary
14:10De Vega,
14:11yung officers po
14:12ng DFA dito,
14:13we like to think
14:14of it,
14:15unfortunately,
14:16as a
14:17iceberg.
14:19Ang nakikita mo
14:20liyong nasa
14:21surface,
14:21pero underneath
14:22the ocean,
14:23malaki pa yung
14:24problem and so
14:24we all have
14:25a lot of work
14:26to do.
14:27So,
14:27according to
14:28my team here,
14:29may posibilidad
14:29pa na ang mga
14:32Pilipino
14:32ay patuloy
14:33na nabibiktima
14:34o di kaya
14:35naakit
14:36sa mga job offer
14:37in the region,
14:39yung mainland
14:40Southeast Asia
14:40kasama ang
14:41Cambodia,
14:42kasama ang
14:42Myanmar,
14:43kasama ang
14:44Laos,
14:45na may halong
14:46patibong.
14:47So,
14:47there's a trap,
14:48okay,
14:49and by its nature,
14:51a trap
14:51is not very visible
14:53until it's too late.
14:54Kung may mga
14:54masasamang elemento
14:55tulad ng sindikato
14:57na nagdadala
14:58sa ating mga kababayan
14:59sa mga scam hub,
15:00sana ay tumigil
15:02na sila,
15:03we are looking
15:03at you,
15:05hindi lang
15:05DFA,
15:07PNP,
15:07and my colleague
15:08here from
15:08PNP is here,
15:10DND,
15:11DMW,
15:13OWA,
15:13the Office
15:14of the President,
15:15all of us
15:15are involved.
15:16So,
15:17huwag nyo
15:18nang ituloy
15:18yung mga
15:18masamang balak
15:19ninyo
15:20na itong
15:21mga sindikato
15:22na nagdadala
15:22sa ating mga
15:23kababayan
15:24sa mga scam hub
15:25and involving
15:26other nationals,
15:27mababasa nyo
15:29naman yan
15:30sa dyaryo.
15:30I will not
15:30single out
15:31you know
15:33what I'm talking
15:34about.
15:35Sana ay tumigil
15:36na sila
15:36at sana ay
15:37huwag na itong
15:37patulan
15:38ng ating mga
15:39kababayan.
15:40Please be
15:40discerning
15:41and please
15:42be the good
15:44and wonderful
15:45fellow Filipinos
15:46that you are.
15:48Magtanungan po
15:48kayo
15:49and let's
15:51ask one another
15:52hard questions
15:53and make
15:54decisions
15:55that truly
15:56will benefit
15:57our families
15:58instead of
15:58making them
15:59worry
15:59about our
16:00welfare.
16:02Okay,
16:03maraming salamat
16:04po sa inyong oras
16:04Department of
16:05Foreign Affairs
16:05Assistant Secretary
16:06Robert Ferrer Jr.
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