Mahalaga ang pag-reschedule ng deadline para sa pag-uwi ng mga foreigner na POGO workers, lalo na ang mga biktima ng human trafficking, ayon kay Sen. Risa Hontiveros. Ipinunto rin niya ang pangangailangan ng maayos na transition para sa mga Pilipinong empleyado. Panoorin ang video. #TheMangahasInterviews
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00:00Now there are 60,000 people who are affected, but there are 20,000 foreigners and the deadline for them to leave has been rescheduled by the DOJ.
00:11It's good that it has been rescheduled, it's okay, just to be synchronized with the President's end of the year.
00:20Aside from our efforts to have a just transition for Filipinos who work in Pogos or are looking for a job in Pogos,
00:34the foreigners, especially those who have been victims of human trafficking from their own countries,
00:43it's wrong to go here to the Philippines, they should be able to return home safely to their own countries.
00:51So if we were given a longer period of time than the first 60 days that the Bureau of Immigration decided,
00:59it's okay as long as by the end of the year, we have a just transition for Filipinos who used to work in Pogos and are looking for a job in Pogos,
01:11and it's okay for them to return home safely, especially the victims of human trafficking from other countries.
01:19Is there a budget involved here because deportation, if it's not a crime like this, it's like a government action that you should go home.
01:30Are we obligated to go to the condo to process their deportation?
01:36I believe in the regular appropriation of the budget of the Congress,
01:41there is a balance between the different concerned agencies and their regular programs including deportation.
01:50In the hearings, it was also found that there is ongoing coordination with the embassies of the affected foreign workers,
01:59especially those who have been victims, victim survivors of human trafficking.
02:04The leaders, the foreign Pogo operators, the members or leaders of criminal syndicates are different and some of them are still subject to search operations,
02:19not only by our law enforcement authorities, but also by the law enforcement authorities of their own countries.
02:26What about the job placements of Filipinos?
02:30Pagkortse Altenco said that some are in BPO, not just Pogos directly, but they are service providers.
02:37If the so-called service providers are based in BPOs and it's clear that they are not Pogos,
02:48their BPO companies will adjust where they will be deployed because if they are still in the home company,
02:58then the BPO companies will adjust who will partner with other companies or other industries.
03:07So I think it's also a regular programming for them just like the government.