Free Legal Assistance For Illegal Recruitment Victims
Nov 22, 2009
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Quezon City chapter assured the victims of illegal recruitment a free legal assistance to help them get the justice that they needed.
The free legal help was created after the IBP and Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (TFAIR) under the Office of the Vice President jointly signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to fight illegal recruitment and help the victims with their court battle.
“This is indeed good news to all victims of illegal recruitment. Now we have a partner, the IBP-QC chapter, in our campaign against illegal recruitment,” said TFAIR chairman and Vice President Noli De Castro in a statement.
Under the MOA IBP-QC will provide legal assistance for free.
“No acceptance and appearance fees shall be charged to the OFW victims and no fee shall be charged for drafting pleadings,” De Castro said.
To stop illegal recruiters from victimizing more aspiring OFWs, government agencies and non-government organizations suggested to:
• Conduct pre-employment seminars to prevent OFWs from falling prey to illegal recruiters.
• Verify the status of the agency first with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
• Seek help from proper authorities.
• Post photographs of top illegal recruiters in government offices and other strategic places, similar to the police’s “most wanted” posters.
“The TFAIR will also evaluate and refer to IBP-QC “high priority” large scale and illegal recruitment cases,” said De Castro who also act as presidential adviser of OFWs.
He added that the IBP-QC will assist OFW victims in the prosecution of their individual or collective administrative, civil or criminal claims and actions against illegal recruiters.
De Castro appealed to other IBP chapters to work follow the IBP-QC’s move.
“(They should) join in the fight against illegal recruitment by giving free legal aid services as mandated by the Supreme Court’s rule requiring all practicing lawyers to render a minimum of sixty (60) hours of free legal aid services to indigent litigants in a year,” he said.
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pde po makakuha ng list of payments ng mga aplikante? tnx po.. - Rod
I would like to ask po ko sino yong dapat kong e contact regarding illegal recruitment?anong number po ang pweding tawagan...pls advise...salamat - Venus Galvez
sir/im mr marcelo serrano my real name niloko po kami ng jobplus marami po kami karamihan sa amin nagbigay ng pera worth 100.000 thousand pesos wala napung reply at sinara ang office sa quezon city pati mga cellphone ng secretarya ay wala ng sumasagot sana sir matulungan ninyo kami pinag change name pa kami..ng passport papuntang korea - Marcelo Serrano
isa po kami sa mga madaming biktima ng illegal recruiter,dumating pa ang panahon na magtrabho kami ng halos 2 taon,tiniis nlang po namin pra lang maka uwi.mag ingat po sa GUTS Agency hanggang ngayon diretso pa rin ang operation nila.dinala po nila kami sa saudi hindi nila sinabi na peke ang kontrata nila.couples po kami na pinadala nila sa RIYADH KSA. - Grandy
galing po ako ng general santos city.....biktima po ako ng illegal recruiter....ano po ba ang maari kong gawin pra maibalk sa akin ang pasport at pra daw sa placement worth P15k.....until ngayon di ko pa po nkuha,may kontak pa kmi bt ang lagi nya lang sinasabi na mag antay lang po dw ako kasi inaantay n lang daw ang authority to board ng Qatar embassy,,,ano po ang gawin ko sir/maam pra mabawi ko ang dokumento at ang pera ko,ang recruiter po ay nasa manila po tga cavite ....Please maghihintay po ako ng advice......salamat..... - Adhen
I would like to ask from you. Where is your office located? I really need suggestion about this illegal recruitment because i am one of the victim i am still looking this three person, i have same evidence to this agency and also this person. hope you can help me. - Mike
GUD PM NAIS KO SANA MAG TANONG KC PO NAG APLY ME PAPUNTANG HONGKONG EH UNG PLACE\MENT PO DAW EH 87500 ASK KO LANG PO DIBA POM ANG PLACEMENT PO EH KATUMBAS LANG NG ISANG BUWAN SAHOD NG OFW PANO PO NANGYARI NA 87500 UN? SANA BIGYAN U AGAD NG KASAGUTAN SALAMAT PO...... - ELA
pd po b ko mag punta s poea para magtanong bout dun... - Blanca
gud pm po ask ko lng po kc po nag apply po ko dh s riyahd mblis po process in 2 weeks nlkad n ng agency visa ko, ang requierements lng passport at nbi at medical,,,kaso humingi po cla sken ng 3,5 nagkaron po ko ng prob kc ayw ako payagan ng family ko may bad reputation dw ang saudi at khit ung friend ko nagresearch din bout dun and totoo dw tlg,kya npgpasyahan ko n wag n 12loy kaso ung 3,5 ayw n po iblik sken para dw un s pag process ng visa?at ng humingi ako ng resibo wala nman bngay sken kundi s bond paper lng at ang signature e initial lng po...wat opo b maari ko gwin?kc sb ng friend ko nsa colorado po xa e ang stamp visa e 1 2oo lng how come n ung 3,5 e s mga damages dw samantalng ung medical e ako nagbayd..payuhan nyo nman po koat npka ,,gems 22 ang agency po at c ciony gonzalez po ung naaplyan ko po dun npka un proffesional p po nya mag intertain ng applicant/.. - Blanca
good day to everybody, i just to know to everybody,hndi lng d2 sa pinas tau mg man man about illegal recruitment agency,dahil ang
kapatid ko ay npabilang sa illegal recruitment ng agency sa ibang
bansa.im sure alam din ng agency d2 sa pinas kng anong klaseng
visa ang pinapadala sa knila,bbigyan ko kau ng mga pangalan sa
agency na ngppalabas ng mga DH sa kuwait using pekeng visa,cguradohin nyo lng na ang agency at lugar na ppuntahan
nyo ay 22ong visa galing sa mismong employer ninyo,at kung
pwede at kung mayroon kaung mga relatives n ksalukuyang ng
apply ngayon kung san ppunta,ang mga agency na dapat ninyong
bantayan dhil ang visa na binibigay nla ay peke,hndi employer visa
ang kramihan, e2 ang mga name, MIRBEN,LIZSIL,PHILQUEST, ang agency sa KUWAIT nman e2 ang mga name din, AL AID EBRAHIM, MOHAMAD ALSHAHEEN, @ ska ang mga secretary dun ay mga hindi
mgandang ugali,at my mga gwaing hindi dpat tularan ng mga pamilya ninyo. e2 ay babala ko sa inyo dahil ang kapatid ko ay nandun na @ kasalukuyan akng humingi ng tulong sa POEA ngayon
salamat sa portion ninyo. Glenda - Glenda Ramirez
pde po makakuha ng list of payments ng mga aplikante? tnx po.. - Rod