Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 7) — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) urges the public to be more careful when dealing with recruiters after it rescued two victims of human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in April.
The BI said the two women posed as friends who were traveling to Bangkok as tourists at the NAIA Terminal 2 last April 29. They presented proof that they were employed, but during the secondary inspection they admitted that their documents were only given to them on their departure date at the gateway and that Malta was their final destination.
Both did not also know that their employment papers were cancelled.
\”They added that they were instructed by their recruiter to wait for the rest of their travel documents upon reaching Bangkok,\” the BI said in a statement Sunday.
Both were turned over to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking for further investigation and filing of appropriate charges against their recruiters.
