Duped Filipinos get DMW aid
The cases of the 27 victims are monitored by the DMW and PE-Phnom Penh in cooperation with Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation in preparation for their repatriation
Daily TribuneThe cases of the 27 victims are monitored by the DMW and PE-Phnom Penh in cooperation with Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation in preparation for their repatriation
Department of Migrant Workers Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo Cacdac.
The Department of Migrant Workers has sent a team to Cambodia to help repatriate 27 Filipinos who were duped into working for an illegal online financial and phishing operation.
DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo Cacdac on Wednesday said they are working with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh to document the victims' cases.
"This is yet another incident in the growing number of cases involving the illegal recruitment of overseas Filipino workers for illegal online financial operations," Cacdac said.
The OFWs will be provided legal and financial assistance and psychological counseling by a team led by DMW Assistant Secretary Francis Ron de Guzman.
The team arrived in Cambodia on 9 October.
Meanwhile, the overseas Filipino workers arrived in Cambodia in January as tourists. They were told they would work as tech support representatives but ended up working in a facility engaged in online fraud in the O'Smach District near the Thai Border.
The cases of the 27 victims are monitored by the DMW and PE-Phnom Penh in cooperation with Cambodia's Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation in preparation for their repatriation.
According to Consul General Emma Sarne, the Samahan ng mga Pilipino sa Cambodia and the Philippine Eagles chapter in Phnom Penh are working with the local Filipino community to help the victims with food and hygiene kit donations.
Sarne said the embassy was also collaborating with the International Organization of Migration, the A21 Foundation, and other partner agencies in the Philippines to assist the victims and facilitate their repatriation.
