MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Joel Villanueva stressed on Tuesday the importance of bilateral labor agreements with other countries in curbing the trafficking of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said such agreements would allow the Philippine government to run after third-country recruiters who send Filipinos to perilous locations, like war-torn Syria.
“Under the bilateral labor agreements, there would be sufficient protection for our countrymen against human trafficking syndicates that prey on the situation of our workers,” he said after the Senate women committee’s hearing on cases of trafficking involving Filipino women to Syria.
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