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DFA warns vs. shady overseas job offers

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warns jobseekers against shady overseas job offers online that could potentially end up in serious misadventures in foreign lands.

The DFA issued the warned following the rescue and repatriation of 10 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Cambodia.

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The ill-starred OFWs were rescued in the Oddar Meanchey province in northwestern Cambodia through a collaboration between the Cambodian police and the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh, according to a DFA statement.

Last week, 26 OFWS who worked for a company in the same Cambodian province were also sent home upon their request.

It was not clear if the OFWs were victims of human trafficking although it was established that they went to Cambodia after falling prey to dubious job offers on the internet.

“While always ready to extend prompt Assistance-to-Nationals service, the Philippine Embassy urges prudence and discernment among Filipino online job seekers,” the DFA statement read.

Representatives from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) welcomed the repatriates on arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Parañaque City.

The DFA said the Embassy in Phnom Penh bankrolled the repatriation cost its Assistance to Nationals (ATN) Fund.

The group was brought to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh prior to their flight back home on Sunday.

The Philippine Embassy thanked the Cambodian government for its assistance in the repatriation proceedings.

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