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News update on illegal recruiters:
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MANILA, Philippines - A migrant workers' rights group has called on the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to suspend an agency in Manila for alleged illegal recruitment.
In a letter to POEA chief Carlos Cao, Migrante-Middle East claimed that Al-Ahram International Group Services Inc in Ermita, Manila has engaged in illegal recruitment of some 52 Filipino housekeepers in a hospital.
The housekeepers have already stopped working at the hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because their employer, Al-Zahran company, allegedly is underpaying them, Migrante said.
"Upon further investigation, it revealed that the OFWs were asked to sign a blank contract. As they are about to depart, the OFWs claimed that they were forced to sign it without knowing that this will be used against them as their supposed $300 salary was not followed and other terms and conditions as stated on the original contract approved by the POEA,” the group told Cao.
The group also called on the Philippine government to address the illegal activities of erring and unscrupulous recruitment agencies victimizing OFWs.
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News update on illegal recruiters:
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MANILA, Philippines - A migrant workers' rights group has called on the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to suspend an agency in Manila for alleged illegal recruitment.
In a letter to POEA chief Carlos Cao, Migrante-Middle East claimed that Al-Ahram International Group Services Inc in Ermita, Manila has engaged in illegal recruitment of some 52 Filipino housekeepers in a hospital.
The housekeepers have already stopped working at the hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because their employer, Al-Zahran company, allegedly is underpaying them, Migrante said.
"Upon further investigation, it revealed that the OFWs were asked to sign a blank contract. As they are about to depart, the OFWs claimed that they were forced to sign it without knowing that this will be used against them as their supposed $300 salary was not followed and other terms and conditions as stated on the original contract approved by the POEA,” the group told Cao.
The group also called on the Philippine government to address the illegal activities of erring and unscrupulous recruitment agencies victimizing OFWs.
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