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BI warns Filipinos against 'tourist worker scheme'

BI warns Filipinos against 'tourist worker scheme'

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

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Dark clouds roll by as people arrive at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on September 4, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday warned Filipinos seeking jobs overseas against the “tourist worker scheme” that has so far victimized 2 Filipinos. 

Under the scheme, workers are made to work under a tourist visa but end up unable to secure work visas.

In a statement, the BI said 2 Filipinas bound for Malaysia supposedly as cleaners were intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 last Jan. 27.

The two Filipinas supposedly admitted that they were recruited by a certain “madame” to work as cleaners in a hotel.

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The BI noted that the recruiter allegedly advised them to work as tourists first while they were applying for work visas.

The situation places them in a vulnerable position and their employers are able to make them agree to unacceptable conditions.

The BI noted that the victims were turned over to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking for the filing of cases against their recruiters.

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