OFW Problems: Illegal Recruitment

n  the condition of OFWs nowadays, many are tricked by fake recruitments because of money and of course, it's more cheaper than the actual legitimate recruiting process. These are happening because of the lack of awareness and education on how to evade these recruiters is the main problem or culprit why many OFWs fall for these scam by human traffickers and illegal recruiters.





 Accoring to the article "OFWs, You Have Been Warned Repeatedly" byAudrey Masangkay, Most OFws are decieved by these by using fake job positions as bait. They worked as low employee jobs like cashier, waitress or clerks just to reach the demands of their wishly income. These illegitimate recruiters not only exposed our Filipino workers to possible abuses of foreign hirers, but themselves as well to punishment to the Philippine government.



"OFWs are warned over and over again not to accept job offers abroad from recruiters who would give them work visa for jobs they didn't apply to.  They're also reminded not to sign a new contract upon arriving at their work destination abroad."







While some are using this illegal scams as their livelihood which is more likely now normal for them, Some are still being caught red-handedly or worse, some innocents are being used to do their dirty acts. According to the article "Singaporean, 13 Filipinos arrested for human trafficking; 36 women rescued" byJulio M. Aurelio, the authorities a fake recruitment agency in Las Pinas city which is suspected to be a center of human trafficking and have rescued 36 women at Friday night.
It stated that "The women were believed to be victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment after five of their companions managed to report their plight to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit.".


The official added "The applicants also allegedly suffered some abuse since they were made to train beyond the prescribed number of hours. The firm offers training on baby sitting, care giving, and domestic help but without the POEA license."





Certainly, we must avoid these scams and illegitimate things to be well-awared of our actions and decisions towards this kind of situations we might encounter when wanting to be an OFW. Unfortunately, not all of the time, the government got our backs so we sometimes have to stand on our own fate. As we all know, if you wanted to dream big, there's always that one problem that will keep pulling you down that you must face. And as for these  guys, the encountered it too soon. Education towards these things is very useful for it may help you finding the most legitimate job you can get, just make sure it is actually legal and safe to work in.