Affidavits of Filipino trafficking victims in Syria led to arrest of alleged big-time illegal recruiter in Zamboanga mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Philippine government has successfully repatriated the last batch of overseas Filipinos who were victims of trafficking in persons and illegal recruitment from Syria.
The last batch of Filipino survivors of trafficking and illegal recruitment from Syria shortly before their departure in Dama
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Apart from the probe, the DFA said it has deployed a human rights lawyer to further look into the allegations of poor treatment of Filipino victims while under the care of the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRA) at the Philippine Embassy in war-torn Syria.
While dismissing the Washington Post article as an “old issue with inaccuracies,” DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., however, admitted it is not an excuse for their failure to protect Filipinos abroad, which is the department’s chief role.
“Oh hell. I will wring the necks of those in the Philippine Embassy in Damascus who failed to report this,” Locsin said about the Washington Post story published on Sunday (Monday in Manila).