THE Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat) maintained on Saturday, August 26, 2023 that the revised protocols for departing Filipino passengers is not intended to prevent...
THE Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking maintained on Saturday, August 26, 2023 that the revised protocols for departing Filipino passengers is not intended to prevent them from travelling but to protect especially those vulnerable of human trafficking.
“Although we have already been given the Tier 1 ranking for 2022, we felt we could further enhance our own operations against human trafficking,” he added. The order came as the Philippine government repatriated several Filipino workers who were victims of human trafficking particularly from Myanmar. The Philippines is currently under Tier 1 status which means the country is fully compliant with the minimum standards.
“In fact, doon po sa ating statistics, almost 99 percent of the time ay wala naman po talagang problema. This is only for those vulnerable sectors at iyon po iyong ginawa ng 2023 guidelines – tiningnan ho natin lahat ng categories ng travelers, iyong mga na-identify ho natin na vulnerable sa human trafficking iyon po iyong medyo mas maraming additional documents kung sakaling magduda iyong immigration officer,” he added.