DMW padlocks illegal recruitment firm
DMW personnel padlock Anecon Tourism Consultancy in Pasig City after the firm was found operating without a license to recruit overseas workers.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF DMW
DMW personnel padlock Anecon Tourism Consultancy in Pasig City after the firm was found operating without a license to recruit overseas workers.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF DMW
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) shut down a tourism consultancy agency in Ortigas, Pasig City, Friday for allegedly recruiting Filipinos for jobs in Bulgaria, Germany and the United Kingdom without a recruitment license.
Migrant Workers Assistant Secretary Jerome Alcantara and the Migrant Workers Protection Bureau led the closure of Anecon Tourism Consultancy after an investigation into its alleged recruitment activities.
Alcantara said the investigation began after the Bureau of Immigration reported that the agency had facilitated the deployment of 83 workers, mostly to Bulgaria. Ten were offloaded while 70 were able to leave the country.
“It started with a referral report from the Bureau of Immigration when they discovered that Anecon Tourism Consultancy had deployed 83 workers, mostly to Bulgaria. Among them, 10 workers were offloaded and 70 managed to depart. Because of this, BI requested assistance to investigate the matter,” Alcantara said.
The agency allegedly offered jobs as chambermaids, cooks, waitstaff and amusement park attendants, with promised salaries of P150,000 to P300,000, through its Au Pair and Ausbildung programs.
